A Reduced Payout Could Be Coming for These High-Yield Dividend Stocks [telecom]

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Don't get suckered into these potential dividend traps; the risks materially outweigh the potential rewards.

By Reuben Gregg Brewer

Dividend investors always have to balance the desire for a high yield against the risk that the yield is unsustainable. As a dividend investor myself, I know how hard that can be. Right now, I believe the yields offered by CenturyLink, Inc. ... are simply too high to be sustainable. As a result, reduced payouts could be coming for ... these high-yield dividend stocks. Here's why their big dividend yields aren't worth the risk.