Let your stocks do the work.

In class recently, the topic of discussion has centered on interest rates. This article, by Brett Arends, shows us another way that a confident, and experienced investor can capitalize on historically low interest rates. The challenge is finding a stable or growing investment that has a high dividend yield. Although he talks specifically about paying your mortgage through dividends, i believe the underlying message is the last sentence of the article. " Any project where the return on invested capital beats the cost of capital has a positive net present value." And that positive net present value is achieved through recognizing, and utilizing stocks with high dividends. I like this article a lot, because the average college student is not incredibly informed about investing. This article shows us how cool investing can be, and how letting your money do the work for you is one of the smartest things that we can do.