Three high-octane income stocks -- sporting an average yield of 7.93% -- can fatten investors' pocketbooks in the new year.

These five high-yield dividend stocks have the potential to deliver positive total returns and dependable passive income.

Plenty of high-performing growth stocks pay dividends -- such as Apple and Nvidia -- and though their dividend yields can be low sometimes, they can also be fast-growing. When you factor growing dividends into the total returns of slower-growing blue chip companies,