Avoid high yield traps: State StreetBY JOHN MCDULING | MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010 12:50PMSome 65 per cent of stocks with dividend yields of more than 10 per cent have seen their share price lose an average 20 per cent of their value over the past 10 years, according to new research from State Street Global Investors. |
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