Maximize Your Income with High-Yield Dividend Stocks

Dividend stocks have underperformed this year, with high-yielding stocks lagging significantly behind. The low-growth nature of these stocks, combined with the availability of risk-free Treasuries yielding similar amounts, has made them less attractive to investors. As of Wednesday, non-dividend-paying stocks in the S&P 500 were up 20.7% on average year-to-date, while the 100 highest-yielding dividend payers were down 3.2%. Even stocks with the highest indicated dividend yields, at least 5%, have seen an average decline of 8.4% this year.