2 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks You Can Buy and Hold for a Decade

How does a yield of 5.5% sound? Or maybe you prefer 6%? Both are available from strong companies right now. If you are an income investor looking at the S&P 500's miserly 1.3% dividend yield and feeling glum, don't despair. You can find attractive higher-yielding stocks if you look hard enough. The list today includes W.P. Carey (WPC -1.39%) and its 5.5% yield and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS 1.86%) and its 6% yield. Although both come with some warts, they are still the kinds of stocks that you can buy and hol ...