My high yield picks at the moment are as follows:
Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (NYSE: AHT) recently reported second-quarter adjusted funds from operations (AFFO), not including an item, of 44 cents per share, beating last year's 34 cents and exceeding the consensus estimate by 16%. Total revenue soared 205% to $350.3 million from the previous year's $114.8 million. AHT sports a current dividend yield of 8.27%.
CapitalSource Inc. (NYSE: CSE) offers a current dividend yield of 11.92%. The company recently announced second-quarter earnings of 68 cents per share, topping the consensus estimate by 5% and outperforming the year-prior result. CSE noted that a regular quarterly dividend of 60 cents per share was paid on June 29, 2007. The dividend was 3.4% higher than the 58 cents paid in the previous quarter.
I'm also holding HTE, HQH, PFE, F and BGF
Others I'm watching are:
EGLE
AOD
IWA
Foreign funds I like are LDF, EMF and KF. All have geat dividend appeal and track records, but are extemely volatile.
All the above is JMHO.
