What Are Good High-Dividend Stocks When Rates Rise?

Rising interest rates don't usually bode well for high-dividend stocks. Yet as the first Fed rate hike looms, Morgan Stanley on Friday put out a list of preferred high-dividend yield stocks that it thinks can do well in a higher-rate environment. Morgan Stanley looked for stocks overweighted by fundamental analysts that also screen well in its quantitative models. Factors considered included valuation, growth, balance sheet and capital use.

High-dividend stocks that made its preferred list were Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ), MetLife (NYSE:MET), LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB), NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE), Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU). Best Buy (NYSE:BBY), Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) and Dominion Resources (NYSE:D) also were included.

Source: Investors.com

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