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A number of stocks and funds that pay enticing yields announced their next dividend payments recently and may be worth considering as a dividend income source for your own portfolio as the holidays move closer One position, Oxford Lane Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: OXCLC), features an impressive 20.76% dividend yield. Five other positions featured below offer dividend yields of at least…

Master Limited Partnership (MLP) NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE:NS) has sold a new fixed-to-floating preferred unit issue with an initial fixed coupon of 8.5%. NS is a large MLP with annual revenue in the $1.6 billion area which is generated from 8,700 miles of pipeline and 79 storage and terminal locations.  Although net income has fallen in the last couple of…

Date Issued   11/18/2016 Units Sold  8,000,000            Overallotment Units   1,200,000 S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol   NS-A              OTC Grey Market   NTSRF Market Traded ON    NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of March, June, September and December beginning on 03/15/2017 Quarterly Dividend   .531   Annual Dividend   2.125…

S&P Rating  BBB+ Security Ticker Symbol   AFGH Market Traded ON   NYSE Interest Payment Paid on the 15th of February, May, August and November beginning on 2/15/2016 Quarterly Interest   .375   Annual Interest   1.50 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 11/15/2020 for a redemption price of $25/share plus accrued interest Interest Payment Will NOT be Qualified Distributions.  Payments are…

Three dividend-paying dandies offering steady quarterly dividend income adn yields of 9 percent or higher now are newly available for income-seeking investors. Instead of focusing solely on dividend-paying stocks, consider the following two trusts and a fund that announced new dividend payments on Friday, Nov. 18. None of the dividends rose but all have ex-dividend dates in December and payouts…