21.   Any number of stocks have competitive dividend yields.

22.   As a measure of investor despair, stocks are still falling though dividend yields are at their highest relative to bond yields in more than five years.

23.   As a result, REITs carry high dividend yields.

24.   As a measure of investor despair, the gap between dividend yields and bond yields has narrowed to its lowest level in more than five years.

25.   As a result, to remain competitive investments, REIT stock prices have been forced down to boost dividend yields.

26.   At one time, before the memory of many current investors, dividend yield was an important consideration in picking stocks.

27.   Bank and utility stocks, which compete with bonds and other fixed-income securities because of their relatively high dividend yields, helped pace the advance.

28.   Banks and utilities compete with bonds for investor attention because they offer high dividend yields.

29.   Bank shares provide rich dividend yields and potential capital gains in a climate of relatively low interest rates and inflation, analysts said.

30.   Bank stocks, which are often held for their relatively high dividend yield, dropped.