There are several economic factors which will hint and point out to really good dividend paying stocks. Here are some pointers that will provide some insight in searching for the highest dividend paying stocks that are forecast to give a really good dividend in the upcoming fiscal year.

To know the dividend that is forecast and expected in the current year it is essential to know more about the concept of dividends and stocks. The parameters for the best investments differ from year to year and one has to change as per the need of time. The concept of stock, or stock trading, is simple, a stock, technically known as share security is an invested amount put into the company’s capital via the stock exchange. The company, rewards the share/stock holders with a certain dividend, annually.

There are two things that you need to know about the dividend, one there is nothing mandatory about the dividend that is paid by the company, the amount and even the actual payment. There are times when dividends are not paid at all. Since the decision lies in the hands of the management, a good board of directors is needed to get high dividend. Secondly, the revenue and profits of a company are usually directly related to the dividends, hence, the better the profit and revenue, the better is the dividend. Thus, on the whole, the best companies to invest in, are the ones that have a very steeply positive profit, revenue and good sales. A good management with, good dividend payment history is also necessary.

Every year, there are several indexes that depict the highest dividend stocks list, such as the ‘dogs of dow’ from Dow Jones Index, which depict some of the best dividend and yield stocks. The logic that you need to apply for all the high yield and high dividend stocks is that the greater the revenue and sales scope, the better is the dividend going to be. One positive aspect of the highest dividend paying stocks is that they relatively stable, you will have a convenient purchase price, i.e, it will not be very volatile and are hence counted among the good stocks to buy. Here are some brief pointers that will help you to track the stocks that are likely to yield the highest dividends, in the current stock market:

• Steel and related engineering industry is bound to churn out a really great revenue in the upcoming year, due to the automotive sector revival and the regularly observed demand for metal, steel and engineering. Also look out for some mining, purification and forging stocks.
• Consumer and food based industry is always a great revenue earner as the sales are assured and needed by all the consumers and can be touted to be one of the high dividend stocks
• Pharmaceuticals and the supporting chemical. is always a booming sector with the even in demand sales and production is rarely affected or dropped. The stock and dividend are always even and stable, and you don’t need stock predictions 2011 to reassure yourself about the dividend.
• Electronics. Telecommunications. software and computer. form the focal point of modern society, sales and revenue from consumers, working people and corporates is always assured.
• Banking and finance companies are recovering from the recession, and revenue is on the rise. Now, make sure that you study the policies of banking and finance companies, since there is a lot of change that is still going on in this sector. Nevertheless, the companies from this sector are good revenue earners.
• Crude oil companies have come under a considerable point of debate due the rising prices of oil. The high price of oil for all crude oil companies will prove to be good revenue earner.

There are countless factors that tend to affect the market values of shares that you will need to study, dynamically. Simple things such as staying abreast of the financial news and keeping a watch on the stock exchanges website will help you to get the shares at a minimal market value. Secondly, most of these stocks, have good sale and realization values. Hence, if you keep a keen watch on the market prices, you can also easily sell off the shares at a handsome profit, in cases if the prices escalate drastically. Here is a table showing some really high dividend paying companies.