I've had some money sitting in a money market account for the longest and I am ready to make a move.
OK, that's it, I'm callin' the market top. Tomorrow I'm selling it all at the open and going short on margin. I'll sell OTM call options on whatever else I can get away with.
I am now thinking more along the lines of high dividend yield stocks but I don't want to be bothered with picking individual stocks. I know many people on here are also looking to high dividend paying stocks as well. Are you investing in individual stocks or a high income mutual fund. If mutual fund, what funds have you invested with and what's your results so far?
But apparently you can put forth the effort to request that we do your research for you?
I feel obligated to point out that I don't invest in "high dividend paying stocks". I invest in a fund of stocks that pay high-quality dividends-- that means the dividends aren't necessarily high, but they're highly likely to be paid for a considerable number of years.
Let me suggest an alternate approach derived from your feeling that you don't want to be bothered. I suggest that you resolve the root cause of the issue that inspired you to put some assets in a money market account "for the longest", that made you feel "ready to make a move", and that causes you to invest in something you can't be bothered to learn about.
Let me suggest that you figure out what the heck it is that you're trying to achieve, how long you're willing to work on the project, and what you want to achieve it with. You need to decide what goal you're saving for, and then you need to decide what asset classes you'd like to do it with, and then you need to decide what your asset allocation is going to be. I'm skeptical that you're still reading at this point, let alone assimilating the verbiage, so for the benefit of the other 8000+ posters I'd recommend the Bogleheads wiki on the subject:
Category:Asset Allocation - Bogleheads
Once you figure out your asset allocation then you may be interested in researching the iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend ETF, ticker symbol DVY. But Vanguard probably has a number of similar ETFs & funds paying high-quality dividends at lower expense ratios.
Note that I also picked an individual stock for our ER portfolio, Berkshire Hathaway. It doesn't pay a dividend but it's currently trading at a discount to its intrinsic value, and in 10-20 years I expect it to start paying a healthy dividend. It's a good example of diversifying your assets among 3-4 different classes.
Someday you may also care enough to bother to read Josh Peters' "Ultimate Dividend Playbook" or follow the blog of the Dividend Growth Investor. But for your current attitude & aptitude I'd recommend picking an asset allocation, filling it through funds with low expenses, and rebalancing to stay near that AA.