Investing in high-yielding dividend stocks has benefits and drawbacks. On the plus side, they pay lucrative dividends, making them an excellent way to generate passive income. However, a negative is that many companies have high-yielding dividends because they have nothing better to do with their free cash flow than funnel it back to shareholders. That's not true with ExxonMobil (XOM 2.42%) or Kinder Morgan (KMI -0.35%). They're also investing heavily in growth projects over the next five years. Because of ...