This Dividend Stock Will Bankrupt You

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which consumer-goods editor/analyst Austin Smith discusses topics around the investing world.

In today's edition, Austin discusses one high-paying dividend stock that he thinks will bankrupt investors. It has an impressive yield and a low P/E, but they're both tethered to a dying business. And without a real catalyst for growth or massive strategic shift, the stock isn't worth the brokerage fee you'd pay to own it.

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