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Legal & General (LSE: LGEN<\/a>) shares come with an absolutely stunning rate of income. Today, the trailing yield is 8.66%, the highest on the entire FTSE 100. That\u2019s roughly double what savers can get from a best-buy savings account. So what are we waiting for?<\/p>\n Actually, investors aren\u2019t waiting. Legal & General is currently the second most bought stock in the UK, according to AJ Bell. It\u2019s beaten only by Rolls-Royce. So is this a stone cold, no-brainer buy?<\/p>\n Should you buy Legal & General Group Plc shares today?<\/p>\n Before you decide, please take a moment to review this report first. Despite ongoing uncertainties from Trump’s tariffs to global conflicts, Mark Rogers and his team believe many UK shares still trade at substantial discounts, offering savvy investors plenty of potential opportunities to learn about.<\/p>\n That’s why this could be an ideal time to secure this valuable research \u2013 Mark’s analysts have scoured the markets to reveal 5 of his favourite long-term ‘Buys’. Please, don’t make any big decisions before seeing them.<\/p>\n Typically, high yields like this one are seen as risky. There\u2019s a danger shareholder payouts become unsustainable, as the underlying business struggles to generate the cash flows<\/a> required to fund its largesse.<\/p>\n Is that massive income sustainable?<\/p>\n But looking at its dividend history, Legal & General seems good for it. The board has increased shareholder payouts every year this millennium but three. It cut them in 2008 and 2009, during the financial crisis. And it froze dividends in 2020, during the pandemic. But those were exceptional circumstances. Otherwise, it looks committed to rewarding long-term investors<\/a>. Over the last 15 years, payouts have grown at an impressive compound annual rate of 10.7%.<\/p>\n However, that\u2019s slowing. Dividend growth has slipped to 5% a year since the pandemic, and will now slip further to 2%. As inflation spikes due to the Iran crisis, this means the value of the dividend will fall in real terms. But it\u2019s still a stellar rate of income.<\/p>\n