2 Stocks to Buy With Dividends Yielding More Than 4%

Investors looking for income can't expect much from the average dividend-paying stock -- the S&P 500's current dividend yield is just 1.3%. There are stocks whose yield is much higher, 4% or more, but the higher you go, the less stable that yield can be -- sometimes it's artificially high because the stock has plummeted, and sometimes it's simply a level of cash distributions that the company can't afford. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are a nice option, since they must pay out at least 90% of their taxable income as dividends.Let's look at some attractive REITs that provide high yields.