Author: Tim Plaehn, Investors Alley

Each year I’m asked by the MoneyShow folks to submit two stock picks for the new year. I put out an aggressive stock pick and a conservative one. Since I am the Dividend Hunter, both of these stocks are higher yield dividend paying companies.

In short, they could be at risk of falling into a “death spiral”…

They’re currently trading at significant discounts to their Net Asset Values (NAVs), which could keep them from growing…