Nine years ago, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, a division of money-center behemoth JPMorgan Chase, released a report that compared the performance of stocks that paid dividends to companies that didn't pay a dividend over a period of 40 years (1972-2012). Philip Morris International: 5.05% yield Another one of the safest high-yield income stocks that can help you smoke historically high inflation is Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM). For the full year, heated tobacco unit shipments soared almost 25% to 95 billion.