A quick peek at the widening yield spread between a basket of diversified high-yielding multinational stocks and the best savings account rates:
Dividend Stock Portfolio (4.04% yield)
Southern Copper (SCCO) 6.98%
Eli Lilly (LLY) 4.96%
Total (TOT) 4.90%
Merck (MRK) 4.48%
Kimberly-Clark (KMB) 4.14%
Waste Management (WM) 4.03%
Vodafone (VOD) 3.80%
Intel (INTC) 3.37%
Chevron (CVX) 3.12%
Coca-Cola (KO) 2.94%
McDonald’s (MCD) 2.90%
Microsoft (MSFT) 2.75%
Source: Seekingalpha.com
Savings Portfolio (1.27% yield)
Savings Account 1.01%
Money Market Account 0.90%
1-year CD 1.15%
2-year CD 1.25%
3-year CD 1.48%
5-year CD 1.85%
Source: MoneyRates.com, RateBrain.com, SavingsAccounts.com, Interest.com