Wealth Monitor April 2016 | Page 40

IN FOCUS | High Dividend Yield Stocks Stocks having high dividend yields could result in steady stream of cash flows, says M.R. Raghu, Managing Director, Marmore MENA Intelligence, a research house specialized in MENA economies and business issues with the focus on providing actionable solutions 2 38 015 could be marked as a year to forget for most GCC investors as stock markets witnessed double digit losses on the back of a 35% fall in crude oil prices. However, with stocks trading at cheap levels, high dividend yields can be considered by investors to consider investing into stocks. Stocks which have high dividend yields could result in steady stream of cash flows and potentially generate better total returns than those that do not pay any dividends. Additionally dividend paying stocks also tend to be less volatile than the nondividend payers as these stocks tend to be quality companies and generally show greater stability during unsteady markets. Hence it might be interesting to compile a list of stocks that hav