At least the dividends help offset some of the losses,as opposed to a stock that pays no dividends at all.Also,writing covered calls would be another way to earn income,in addition to the dividend.
For anyone interested,i found the site on Yahoo that offers a list of dividend yields.I wonder what the story is on the first stock,BVRT,with a yield of 103.6%. http://screen.yahoo.com/b?dvy=1/&b=1&z=dvy&db=stocks&vw=1
Is there an easy way to research these types of stocks. you know there has to be big risk if something pays 20%+ dividends.