Five Large Bank Stocks With Dividend Yields Over Six Percent

Falling prices have driven up dividend yields of many bank stocks, with a few yielding over six percent. Here are five such stocks, each of which has a market cap greater that ten billion dollars plus a record of increasing dividends year after year for many years.

But use caution with these and any bank stock in the current market environment because buying on the price downside is always risky. But after these stocks have stabilized, consider them candidates for a long-term dividend reinvestment portfolio.

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Posted December 16, 2007.