As a value-minded income investor, it can sometimes be difficult for me to find investment ideas which are attractively valued in today’s aggressively priced stock market. One tactic I use in my search for income investments which are viable from a value perspective is to look at publicly traded companies which are too small to be covered extensively by the broader investing community. By focusing on less well-known companies, it might be possible to secure a higher dividend yield than would ordinarily be possible in a better-known company with similar characteristics.
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