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Stocks have cooled off quite a bit this year, with most broader market indexes declining about 10% from their peaks. The silver lining amid this sell-off is that dividend yields move in the opposite direction as stock prices.

The recent inflation read came in below market expectations at 2.8%. This was seen as a positive sign, and most stocks opened higher. However, the recovery in these stocks is still on shaky ground. Dividend stocks with very high yields can be a much better bet if inflation unexpectedly trends significantly lower in the coming

With rising demand and strong fundamentals, these five high dividend yield PSU stocks could be top performers in 2025.

If you are the type of investor who likes to buy and hold stocks forever, you have to use a different set of rules. Simply picking the highest yielding stocks off a list, like the companies in the S&P 500 index,