Dividend Safety And Hedging Costs For 'Dividend Scorchers' With Yields Up To 20%

By David Pinsen:In a recent article ("10 Recommended Mid Caps With A Yield Above 10%"), Seeking Alpha contributor Dividend Screen reviewed a list of mid- and large-cap names, of which 8 currently have yields above 10%. In this post, we'll look at the VectorVest Dividend Safety scores, and the hedging costs, for all ten names. With respect to Dividend Safety, VectorVest defines it as,

By David Pinsen:In a recent Seeking Alpha article ("8 High Yield Stocks from the S&P 500 with Lowest P/E Ratio"), Dividend Screen presented the results of his screening the S&P 500 for stocks with dividend yields of 5% or greater and single-digit forward P/E ratios.

By David Pinsen:Dividend Safety and hedging costs of 'Dividend Kings' In a recent article ("New Dividend Kings: 6 Safe, High-Yield Stocks for 2012"), Seeking Alpha contributor Dividend Kings analyzed the safety of the dividend payouts of 6 large cap companies based on their dividend growth rates, payout ratios and competitive advantages.

By David Pinsen:In a recent article ("8 High Dividend Stock Picks from Billionaire Ray Diallo"), Seeking Alpha contributor Insider Monkey compiled a list of 8 large cap names yielding more than 4% that were held by Diallo's Bridgewater Associates.

By David Pinsen:In a recent article ("7 Dividend Monsters Yielding 10% or More"), Seeking Alpha contributor Dividendinvestr analyzed a handful of high yielding names which included one closed-end fund, Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Global Diversified Equity Income Fund (EXG).

By David Pinsen: Dividend Sustainability and Dividend Safety

By David Pinsen: 7 large cap stocks

By Sol Palha:The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.