High dividend yield strategy provides substantial income and stability during market volatility. Check out ten dividend stocks that enhance portfolio sustainability.

Both stocks trade for well below $100 a share and they are both clearly dedicated to providing a reliable, and growing, income stream to investors. The broader energy sector's yield is around 3.3% today.

Wall Street pundits were certain that four interest-rate cuts of 25 basis points each would occur in 2025. Then, as inflation stayed steady, the Federal Reserve lowered the federal funds rate by a whole percentage point in 2024.

Read here for an analysis of 2 high-yield investments, a midstream player & a REIT, offering quality income, growth, and potential to outperform the S&P 500.

Last year, private equity giant Blackstone agreed to buy one of my holdings, Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., in an all-cash deal. As a result of that sale, I'll lose the dividend income that the real estate investment trust (REIT) produced.

Worried about the next round of tariffs? Tech disruption from DeepSeek? The geopolitical landscape? Then these low-beta dividend stocks could be the answer.