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If you need to generate income from your investments, selecting securities or funds based on their current interest or dividend payouts might solve the immediate problem. But a strategy of increasing dividend income might work out better over the long term.

These sensational income stocks -- sporting an average yield of 6.15% -- can fatten investors' pocketbooks for a long time to come.