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Dividends: 15 Yield STARS

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Dividends: 15 Yield STARS

In a dicey stock market—like the one we find ourselves in now—one smart strategy is to find high-yielding stocks with attractive capital appreciation prospects. Standard & Poor's Chief Investment Strategist Sam Stovall recently screened for stocks that yielded 5% or more and carried buy (4 STARS) or strong buy (5 STARS) recommendations from S&P equity analysts.

The following are the 15 highest-yielding names that turned up.