With the stock market near all-time highs and global interest rates near all-time lows, it’s getting harder and harder for long-term investors to find reliable sources of income. A number of investors are now turning to dividend stocks to pick up the slack of low bond yields.
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) offer some of the highest yields in the market. Maybe the best part about these investments is that they are legally required to distribute at least 90 percent of their earnings to shareholders via dividends.
This payout mandate means that a number of REITs have extremely high yields. In fact, these 10 REITs currently yield above 10 percent:
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