The Unnecessary Job

What is better than earning a capital gain on an investment? Stocks that pay you to wait for that gain. SINGTEL is one example of a stock that is currently paying a relatively handsome "waiting fee". SINGTEL If you had caught Singtel in early January, you are potentially holding a stock yielding 6.12% on your invested capital based on a $0.175 per share dividend payout. If you hold the stock for a single dividend cycle, at current share price ($3.15), you would have made about 9% capital gains + 6% yield for a total return of over 15% . Not bad at all. KEPPEL CORP A similar story may be observed with KepCorp. If you had caught KepCorp in early January, you are potentially holding a stock yielding 4.3% on your invested capital based on a $0.25 per share dividend payout. If you hold the stock for a single dividend cycle, at current share price ($6.6), you would have made about 13% capital gains + 4.3% yield for a total return of over 17.3%. Singt...