Highest Yield Dividend Stocks

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Stock Symbol	Company Name	DARS™ Rating [?]	Dividend Yield**	Current Price*	Annual Dividend	Ex-Div Date	Pay Date
PT	Portugal Telecom S.A.	Login/Signup for Ratings	20.69%	4.64	0.96	5/14	N/A
NTI	Northern Tier Energy LP	Login/Signup for Ratings	19.94%	24.67	4.92	5/21	5/30
PDH	PetroLogistics LP	Login/Signup for Ratings	19.66%	13.63	2.68	5/2	5/14
CHKR	Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	Login/Signup for Ratings	19.19%	14.38	2.76	5/17	5/31
WHZ	Whiting USA Trust II	Login/Signup for Ratings	19.12%	13.23	2.53	5/16	5/30
WMC	Western Asset Mortgage Capital Corp	Login/Signup for Ratings	19.11%	19.88	3.80	4/10	4/30
SDT	SandRidge Mississippian Trust	Login/Signup for Ratings	18.06%	13.07	2.36	5/13	5/30
SDR	SandRidge Mississippian Trust II	Login/Signup for Ratings	17.97%	12.41	2.23	5/13	5/30
AGNC	American Capital Agency	Login/Signup for Ratings	17.83%	28.05	5.00	3/18	4/26
PER	Sandridge Permian Trust	Login/Signup for Ratings	16.44%	14.05	2.31	5/13	5/30
MTGE	American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp	Login/Signup for Ratings	16.08%	22.39	3.60	3/18	4/26
SID	Companhia Sider	Login/Signup for Ratings	14.57%	3.46	0.50	4/10	N/A
VOC	VOC Energy Trust	Login/Signup for Ratings	14.26%	13.46	1.92	4/26	5/15
AMTG	Apollo Residential Mortgage Inc	Login/Signup for Ratings	13.67%	20.48	2.80	3/26	4/30
IVR	Invesco Mortgage Capital	Login/Signup for Ratings	13.39%	19.42	2.60	3/27	4/26
LRE	LRR Energy L.P.	Login/Signup for Ratings	13.00%	14.85	1.93	4/29	5/15
NLY	Annaly Capital	Login/Signup for Ratings	12.48%	14.42	1.80	3/27	4/29
RSO	Resource Capital	Login/Signup for Ratings	12.38%	6.46	0.80	3/26	4/26
PSEC	Prospect Capital Corporation	Login/Signup for Ratings	12.19%	10.83	1.32	5/29	6/20
NMM	Navios Maritime Partners L.P.	Login/Signup for Ratings	11.99%	14.76	1.77	5/8	5/14

* Stock Price shown is previous day's closing price.
** Dividend yield is calculated from Dividend Payout and previous day's closing price.

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