Last year's shortages appear poised to make a comeback, driving up prices of one of the world's most important staple foods.

This high-yielding South American gem has a captive customer base in some of the wealthiest areas on the continent.

These companies' earnings are taking off. Don't miss the chance for 7% yields.

These companies boast yields of more than 6% and they raise distributions year after year. With highly stable businesses, inelastic demand and natural barriers to entry, they should continue to pay big dividends for years to come.

The long-term worldwide trend toward ever-expanding industrialization has been interrupted -- but only temporarily. This company is in line to reap huge profits when it resumes, and you get paid 12% to wait.

While Congress debates health-care, cap-and-trade and new financial regulations, a series of regulations that affect every American are winding their way through the Department of Energy. This quiet revolution -- one few Americans are aware or -- made a public announcement to unveil $3.4 billion in grants to local utilities. Many of those public dollars are going to create private profits, especially for one key industry.

With a $173 billion market cap and a 6% yield, this company pays more than $10 billion in dividends every year.

This income-paying stock-- one of the best on the market -- operates off the beaten path. A little-noticed industry niche is the source of its steady yield, one that just keeps growing.

Don't be fooled by the market's rebound. Investors can still buy companies at dirt-cheap prices. But don't wait long, because bottom-feeders aren’t going to miss out on the chance to scoop up these companies for pennies on the dollar.

Bargains were plentiful back in March; everything seemed priced for a collapse. Investors who bought near the bottom captured hefty gains as sectors rebounded with a vengeance. But we haven't seen the last of the rebound plays. There's still time to catch this one last sector bounce.