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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

Strange Bedfellows: PDLI Fuses Dividends With Biopharma

Looking to diversify your dividends? PDLI is one of the only names that can drive income from biopharma sales.

Altria Leads Pack of 8 Dividend Stocks Increasing Dividends

Tobacco giant Altria Group is atop the pack of eight dividend stocks increasing dividends, a pack that includes Brinker and Williams Cos.

5 Best Tech Stocks to Buy for the Dividends

Tech stocks aren't traditionally thought of as dividend plays, but these five stocks will give investors plenty of yield.

Check Out These 3 High-Yield REITs

These high-yield REITs seem like safe bets in a tough dividend environment.

3 Dividend Funds With Yields Higher Than 3%

Today's income environment is challenging to say the least. We did some digging and found 3 dividend mutual funds paying more than 3%.

Invest Like Warren Buffett – 5 Dividend Stocks to Buy

Warren Buffett made his earliest big bucks chasing value stocks, but his most significant success has come from dividend stocks.

2 ETFs to Buy Now for Big Income

These baskets of income-paying instruments are attractive options for dividend-seeking investors.

KMI Merger Brings a Big Tax Bill for MLP Investors

Even though the exchange of KMP and EPB shares to KMI will be treated as a sale, Kinder has bold expectations for growth and savings that unitholders will benefit from.

Invest in Dividend Stocks for Retirement Planning

As Social Security becomes uncertain, investors worried about retirement planning should include dividend stocks in their portfolios.

Capex, Dividends and Buybacks – American Companies Are Spending Big

Companies are trying to be more shareholder-friendly, via dividends and buybacks ... but contrary to popular belief, they're also investing in the future.

Top 3 Risks for Income Investors Today

Find out which factors pose the biggest risk to your income investments, and what you can do to minimize that risk.

Buy the Next Dip in These 3 High-Yield Energy Dividend Stocks

High-yield investors will have an excellent buying opportunity to catch some great prices as the market sets up for a post-Labor Day rally into year-end.

3 BDCs to Buy for Their Big, Fat Yields

Middle-market companies need to grow, and that's what fuels BDCs' high-single-digit and even double-digit yields to shareholders.

The Top 10 S&P 500 Dividend Stocks for August

The market may have stumbled some, but these dividend stocks still offer gushers of yield.

Will Kinder Morgan’s MLP-Eating Move Pay Off? (KMI)

Kinder Morgan is making a play for its master limited partnerships, KMP and EPB. Here's what it means for holders of either, as well as KMI stock.

REITs Rising – 5 High-Dividend Stocks to Buy

Dividend stocks have become very popular thanks to low-yield. Find out which high-yield REITs are favorites among income investors.

4 Solid MLPs Yielding 4%-Plus

MLPs still have the goods to deliver strong dividends in your portfolio. Here are five of the best 4%-plus yielders.

BofA, CBS Lead 11 Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts

This week’s bevy of dividend stocks increasing payouts contained two very familiar names. Stalwart banking icon Bank of America,and media giant CBS lead the a cadre of 11 companies boosting payouts.

Is Duke Energy a Buy After Scorching-Hot Earnings? 3 Pros, 3 Cons

Duke Energy on Thursday reported strong earnings growth and an attractive 4.5% current dividend yield. But is DUK stock a buy after these scorching hot earnings? Here are three pros and 3 cons: