If you’re looking for safety, with yield to boot, look at the Dividend Aristocrats and the Dividend Kings.
With the Aristocrats, you’ll find the cream of the crop of stocks, which have raised dividends for more than 25 years. The Kings are the true heavyweights, which have been paying dividends for 50 or more years. What makes them even more special is the fact that even in times of economic disarray, inflation, booms, busts, rising interest rates, recessions, and crashes, they’ve still raised their dividends.
If a company can survive all of that – and pay dividends – it’s worth a look.
There’s just one issue.
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ETF: ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (SYM: NOBL) At the moment, you won’t find a Dividend King ETF. So, your next best bet for exposure is either to buy an individual King, or bet on an ETF, such as the ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (SYM: NOBL), which cuirrently carries a yield of 2.03%. With an expense ratio of 0.35%, the ETF focuses on the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats—high-quality companies that have not just paid dividends but grown them for at least 25 consecutive years, with most doing so for 40 years or more. In fact, some of its top holdings include Caterpillar, Pentair, AbbVie, AFLAC, General Dynamics, Clorox Co., Walmart, Hormel Foods, and dozens more. All of which have a strong dividend-paying history. |
Investing Trends
The Next Wave of AI is Here 
The age of artificial intelligence has been unleashed. The first wave of AI lifted the stocks of Nvidia and other companies producing chips to power AI technology. The new wave of AI has everything to do with software – and it’s just getting started.
See how investors could benefit from AI’s software revolution
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ETF: Schwab U.S. Large Cap Value ETF (SYM: SCHV) With an expense ratio of 0.04%, the Schwab U.S. Large Cap Value ETF (SYM: SCHV) holds a portfolio of large cap value stocks, including Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), JP Morgan Chase (JPM), Home Depot (HD), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), and Merck (MRK) to name a few. We’ve mentioned this particular ETF before. We like it even more because it just caught strong support after a brief pullback. |
Stansberry Research
Trump convicted… now what?
While the Left celebrates his conviction, and the Right rallies around him… the average American is not prepared for what happens next. It will be even more shocking… surprise Americans of all political leanings… and could ultimately result in the first American Dictator.
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ETF: Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SYM: SCHD) There’s also the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SYM: SCHD). With an expense ratio of 0.06%, the ETF tracks the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend index. It has holdings in Amgen, AbbVie, Home Depot, Cisco Systems, Broadcom, Chevron, UPS, and Coca-Cola. |
