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Strong margins mean a healthy business model and a more stable dividend, so here are five stocks with great margins and hefty yields.

Investors in search of safe and high-paying dividend stocks should tread carefully, lest they risk overpaying for yields. Sam Stovall talks more about overpriced safety plays.

A dividend yield over 10 percent can make any investor leap for joy, but they often come with companies with falling share prices and uncertain outlooks.

Utilities are outpacing every other industry for the first time in 11 years, and several utility companies with high yields have seen double digit growth year-to-date.

Three telecom companies that offer sky high dividend yields while also having their share price drop significantly in 2011 are either value buys or stocks to avoid.

Investors looking to generate consistent income may want to take a look at business development corporations. These stocks offer attractive monthly yields.

The Indian rupee appreciated for the second straight day on likely overseas funds inflow into local stocks, while bond yields dropped to fresh six-week low tracking a sharp fall in US Treasury yields, dealers said

The Indian rupee appreciated for the second straight day on likely overseas funds inflow into local stocks, while bond yields dropped to fresh six-week low tracking a sharp fall in US Treasury yields, dealers said

Here are five companies that have a share price under ten dollars and still offer dividend yields of higher than 10 percent.

The cost of borrowing money leapt for the embattled nation of Italy again as yields on six-month notes reached levels nearly double their rates just one month prior.

Shares in European financial institutions took another major hit as concerns over the Italian government caused the yields on their treasury bonds to move past 7 percent.

Hong Kong opened lower after big overnight losses in the U.S. but ended with a small gain in thin, volatile trading.

Worry over the struggling Euro Zone economy and rising oil prices dragged Hong Kong down despite a modest gain on Mainland markets. Newly listed stocks performed poorly.

Kinder Morgan has been a leader in the MLP bull market in recent years, but is its MLP stock providing more bang for investors than its common stock?

For investors looking for stability and income from their stocks, here are the eight largest dividend yields offered by companies listed on the S&P 500.

According to Richard Gibbs of Macquarie Securities reduced crude prices goes in favour of the Indian economy and gives RBI a scope for monetary accommodation Richard Gibbs Global HD, Macquarie More about the Expert Richard Gibbs, Global Head of Macquarie Securities is upbeat on India because he thinks there is room for structural expansion and the demand is much better than anywhere else in the world. According to him reduced crude prices goes in favour of the Indian economy and gives RBI a scope for monetary accommodation. It is also likely to produce some tailwind for the global economy. "It certainly provides latitude on the trade side but also in terms of the inflation side for the economy as well." The house remains a buyer on India. What is the sense you are getting. Are we now facing a fairly big challenge to global growth and therefore are risk assets going to head lower? A: I think the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is articulating that fairly well as we move into the IMF World Bank annual meeting in the next few days. It really is a case where the US is I suppose the best if you see IMF's parlance and that's for investors who have been searching for growth is a disappointment. So, now I suspect we are going to have people turning back towards in search for yield and that has become difficult as well with the expansion in quantitative easing measures around the world but most particularly by the European Central Bank of course. At the end of the day lower crude prices are probably growth positive and the issue there is whether they pertaining further disinflationary pressure/deflationary pressure in the major economies. Certainly for an economy like India, cooling in crude prices is a positive. It certainly provides latitude on the trade side but also in terms of the inflation side for the economy as well. It's a bit of a two-edged sword as I suppose in that sense but overall lower crude prices are likely to produce some tailwind for the global eco

Shareholders that invest in stocks of public companies are sometimes entitled to regular or one-time dividend payments. Strong dividends can help any portfolio.

Small caps aren't usually a place to hunt for dividends, but here are three companies with decent yields that appear to have the balance sheets to maintain them.

Yesterday, the stock market thumbed its nose at the World Bank's dire 2012 forecast for global economies, suggesting the BIG money sees a green light.

Wall Street rebounded from mid-day losses as Financials led all gainers as stocks swung on news of Italy Prime Minister Berlusconi resigning.