This business development company (BDC) was one of only two BDCs that didn’t cut its dividend during the Great Recession. Even better, it actually raised it! Read More

This month's high-risk, high-reward hunt focuses on the product of a recent merger among small Canadian energy producers. Read More

We zero in on an exploration and production MLP that completed its IPO in November 2011 and yields more than 11 percent. And we cut loose from four positions. Read More

Heedlessly lumped with independent telecoms that haven't executed as well as this one has, this month's prey has established an operating platform that should help it sustain its dividend. Read More

We nearly doubled our money when we hunted this big yielder down in October 2011. It's oversold again, which means we have another opportunity to make a killing. Read More

This Canada-based oil and gas producer with a solid pipeline of promising projects looks to be well positioned to boost output and support its dividend for the long term. Read More

Investors are looking for reasons to sell stocks, and they’re very quick to dump those with high yields. As difficult as these periods are to endure, the agile can find opportunity. And we have a new one this month. Read More

Copper has held up better than most base metals during 2012. Producer stocks have been hit hard, however, and this small-cap pick from Down Under presents us with a solid double-digit yield opportunity. Read More

We’re making another play in the coal space this month, this time for a 12 percent yield. Read More

It’s been a combustible market for the mineral of fossilized carbon this year, as efforts to tighten environmental regulations and the advent of shale gas have King Coal under assault. But value has emerged from this conflagration. Read More

This month’s double-digit yielder is trading near its all-time low. But a solid balance sheet and modest payout ratio combined with potential for a takeover at these levels make it a solid choice for aggressive speculators who like to get paid while they wait for their ultimate payoff. Read More

We're reaching back into Big Yield Hunting history to pull a pick for June 2012 that looks better now than it did in May 2011, when we first tracked it down. We also take a comprehensive look at all Open Positions. Read More

We get a little meta with the May Big Yield Hunting prey. Read More

An MLP has sold off after issuing new units. Experience tells us there may be an opportunity here. And we can lock in a double-digit yield and a dividend rate that's growing at a double-digit pace, too. Read More

Things won't seem so strange once you've had a chance to read this month's colloquy. Read More

A reasonable likelihood of an upside earnings surprise based on rock-bottom expectations forms the essence of a Big Yield Hunting pick. Read More

One Portfolio’s “biggest loser” is another’s high-yield, high-risk prey. Read More

Standard operating procedure says to avoid dividend-trimmers, particularly with new money. This month we offer an exception to the rule. Read More

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP (NSDQ: BBEP) has put together a solid run of quarterly distribution increases. Sold off after management’s third-quarter earnings announcement--and 11.5 percent year-over-year payout boost--the MLP is now yielding more than 10 percent. Read More

It’s a beaten-down energy play. But its exposure is to oil prices, not natural gas. If management can establish some operational consistency this stock could get back to double digits. It pays CAD0.08 per share per month while you wait. Read More