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Dividend stocks are among the top assets long-term investors want to consider when it comes to building a stable income-generating portfolio over time. Of course, bonds and other fixed income securities ought to play a certain role at a certain stage in one’s life.

Stocks with high dividend growth and high free cash flow yield can generate more returns than stocks seeing high dividend growth alone.

The Federal Reserve has entered a rate-cutting cycle, the job market is swinging wildly from month to month, and a Presidential election is

Several real estate investment trusts (REITs) are incredibly cheap right now because they haven't yet captured the full benefits of falling interest rates. Realty Income (NYSE: O), W. P. Carey (NYSE: WPC),

The current S&P 500 dividend yield is 1.24%. The highest it’s ever been at the end of a calendar year from 1933 through 2023 was 8.11% in 1941. The highest since 2000 was 3.23% in 2008 during the financial crisis.