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Many investors overlook the importance of steady income. No matter your investment profile, dividends provide stable growth with consistent payments that accrue and compound over time. If you plan to retire wealthy, you need stocks that will pay you to own them. Our investment analysts highlight the stocks with the highest yields, uncover those increasing their payouts and evaluate the highly regarded Dividend Aristocrats, plus much more. Read on to find out how you can profit from investing in dividend stocks.

Recent Dividend Stocks Articles

3 Canadian Dividend Stocks With Great Yields

The search for yield continues, and these three Canadian dividend stocks deliver the goods for income investors.

HLSS: A High-Yield Mortgage Play Without Mortgage Risk

HLSS has a business model that allows for reliable revenue from mortgage servicing fees, but with limited credit and valuation risk from the asset base. And it yields more than 10%.

3 Safe, Reliable Utility Stocks

These three safe utility stocks offer things like generous dividends, power diversification or just steady cash and operations.

3 Dividend Stocks to Initiate for High Yields

Eaton (ETN), Williams Companies (WMB) and Kinder Morgan (KMI) were obvious dividend stocks to buy into recently.

Prospect Capital (PSEC): A High Yielder With Massive Insider Buying

Prospect Capital (PSEC) is a business development company that's high on risk ... but the dividend potential is worth it.

3 Small Bank Stocks to Buy for Income

These small bank stocks are great buyout candidates that offer solid financials and dividends while you wait.

3 Best Dividend Payers in Big Financials

Dividends among the big financials like banks and insurers are good, even if not great, and they have plenty of room to grow.

XLNX: Buy Xilinx If You Can Stomach Volatility

Xilinx (XLNX) stock is not cheap but offers a good dividend yield and has a history of sales and earnings increases.

Is WindStream a REIT or Growth Stock?

Current investors in WindStream should hold, while new investors should revaluate the two stocks separately after the REIT spin-off in order to determine the best investment based on their own risk profiles.

3 Cheap Dividend Stocks Sporting Safe Yields

Protect your income and your portfolio with these cheap dividend stocks whose yields are safe from market fluctuations.

5 Blue-Chip Dividend Stocks for a Declining Market

Blue-chip dividend stocks with payouts stretching as far back as the 1880s are just the defensive names you need for the market selloff.

Goldman Sachs Tops 8 Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts

Goldman Sachs increased its quarterly dividend, along with seven other names that moved to boost payouts and increase their dividend yield.

Hang On to Pitney Bowes Stock as Profits Rise

Pitney Bowes is the market leader in mail processing but is suffering as business and marketing communication move to other methods.

3 Oversold Dividend Stocks to Buy

These dividend stocks were getting knocked down long before Wall Street got wobbly, and now they're bargains worth examining.

AVY: Buy Avery Dennison for High Yields

Avery Dennison offers income investors a buying opportunity as its dividend yield has not pierced the 3% level since early 2013.

KMI Stock: Cash Flows Keep Rolling In at Kinder Morgan

Kinder Morgan announced another knock-out quarter for KMI stock. But the best times could still be ahead.

GME: Keep an Eye on Risky GameStop

New gaming counsels and software drive increased sales, but growing competition and flat industry sales lead GameStop to diversify to mitigate earnings peaks and valleys.

3 Railroad Stocks for Steady Dividends & Growth

Coal's decline has impacted railroad revs, but energy is nonetheless powering railroad stocks like CSX, NSC and UNP along.

3 Cheap REITs With High Yield

These three REITs are trading off recent highs and pay big, high yields. They have risks, but they still might be worth a portfolio spot.