I advise you to focus your new stock buying on names that furnish a generous dividend yield up front, with the potential for increasing your payout faster than the cost of living in the years ahead.

When it comes to high yield, master limited partnerships (MLPs) are still income royalty. Here are six MLPs that sport large (and growing!) yields.

These seven stocks are both bargains (great values) and cheap (they're all priced under $10 a share).