Dividend Stocks Up Over 30% in 2012

Income investing doesn’t have to involve boring consumer staples and utility stocks. There’s a small list of high-flying dividend investments that offer juicy dividends and have climbed more than 30% year-to-date in 2012. Granted, these tend to be riskier stocks that are smaller in market cap or have big emerging-market influences. But considering the flat stock market and investors’ hunger for high-yield dividend stocks, it may be worth giving these picks a look.

Here are five dividend stocks with big yields and big returns so far this year: Foot Locker (NYSE:FL), InterContinental Hotels Group (NYSE:IHG), Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR), Copa Holdings (NYSE:CPA) and Diebold Incorporated (NYSE:DBD).

Source: InvestorPlace

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