Offer your thoughts or opinion on the input financial query or topic using your financial background.

Should I buy stocks of my current employer because of its high dividend yield?
Dividend yields are a product of the dollar amount paid to shareholders and the stock price. Dividends yields rise when a company is shunned by investors. It may be shunned because the earnings and/or dividend are at risk. Recent examples are SDRL and KMI. Most investors  would love an 8% yield so I would wonder why the stock is being ignored or shunned.