High Dividend Stocks in Real Estate

In June I covered a variety of different stocks that have relatively high dividends.  Some of those paid as low as 2 or 3% because they are blue chip stocks you hold onto.

This month I found these high dividend real estate stocks:
American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) - 12.9%
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NLY) - 12.5%
Anworth Mortgage Asset Corporation (ANH) - 12.1%
MFA Financial, Inc. (MFA) - 10.8%

If you want something that's a more stable for the future, HCP invests in real estate related to senior living and medical services.  They pay a 5.9% dividend, which is still significant, almost double what you'd earn with GE (3.6%), Lockheed Martin (3.2%), or Coca-Cola (3.2%).

Rather than letting your money sit in a savings account, why not put a portion of your savings into a high dividend stock so your makes money without you doing any work!  As of this writing, even high-yield savings accounts like Emigrant Direct and FNBO Direct still pay less than 1% yearly yield.

Stocks are more liquid than CDs because you only pay an $8 or $10 fee to sell your stock, depending on which online broker you use.  Some online services offer free trades for a few months if you fund your account with a minimum dollar amount.  AmeriTrade is offering free trades for 60 days if you fund your account with $3,000 or more.


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When Must I Buy a Stock to Get the Dividend? - TheStreet
Here's an example: Pfizer (PFE) - which is a holding in the model portfolio of our Dividend Stock Advisor newsletter- increased its quarterly dividend earlier this month, to $0.28 a share (3.6% yield). The company will pay the dividend on March 3, 2015 to shareholders of record on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015.

Looking at the calendar, we can determine that the ex-date will be Wednesday, the 4th and the must-own date will be Tuesday, the 3rd. Again, only investors at the close of trading on Tuesday, the 3rd will receive the dividend.