Are the Market's Hottest Dividends Doomed?

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which analyst Jim Royal and industrials editor/analyst Brendan Byrnes discuss topics across the investing world.

In this edition, Jim and Brendan discuss the recent dividend cut from Chimera, a stock that most investors own for its hefty double-digit yield. That cut follows in the footsteps of similar sequential dividend cuts from Annaly Capital, American Capital Agency, and Armour Residential. Watch the video to find out why Jim is worried about these stocks' dividends.

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