By IAEResearch:
Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN) has been performing exceptionally well this year — the stock is up around 40% year-to-date. Windstream has been a stock of choice for the investors looking for income in the telecom sector — the current dividend yield of the stock stands at 8.7%, but it will be slashed as the company goes ahead with its structural change to a REIT (discussed later in the article).