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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

9 Companies Increasing Dividends

Specialty chemical and natural gas partnerships are this week's top payout performers.

3 Crash-Proof Dividend Stocks to Buy

Buy-and-hold investors would do well to tune out the recent market volatility and instead consider plowing into these three low-risk dividend stocks.

7 Dividend Stocks To Fight Inflation

Solid dividend stock companies are a great way to fight inflation, and these 7 companies are dividend stalwarts.

4 Dividend Stock Stalwarts to Buy

These four companies not only cut regular dividend checks, but they also keep writing bigger ones year after year.

McGraw-Hill Dividend Stock Analysis

McGraw-Hill provides information services for the financial, education, commercial, and commodities markets worldwide, and is a solid dividend portfolio play.

8 Companies Increasing Dividends

This week’s batch of companies increasing dividends includes a trendy retailer, a big financial firm, a steel producer and even a race track operator.

2012’s Best Dividend Stocks Look Familiar

These 4 dividend stocks are among the best in history in providing annual increases in sales and dividends to investors.

30 Blue Chips Increasing Dividends in Q1

Income investors, rejoice: Dividend payouts could hit a record-breaking $263 billion this year.

AT&T Stock Dividend Analysis

AT&T's dividend profile shows steady and historic growth and consistency, a factor that should cheer would-be investors.

6 Companies Increasing Dividends

Poultry, clothing, industrial equipment, data storage and more are represented in this week's roundup.

7 Dead Dow Dividend Stocks

While some of these Dow Jones companies might be qualified growth candidates, their skinflint dividends are no friend to income investors.

2 Blue-Chip Dividend Stocks Ready to Climb

Unilever and Royal Dutch Shell are two solid dividend stocks with outstanding upside for dividend investors looking for stable, increasing yields.

Telecoms: Add a Second Dividend Line

There's nothing new about Verizon -- it's a great income play, through and through. But partner Vodafone offers income with some potential for growth.

Dividend Divas and Dividend Duds

Apple's new dividend could start a trend among other big companies with cash to spare, while others have already moved forward with increases.

6 Companies — and Apple — Increasing Dividends

Raytheon, Steelcase and Signet Jewelers join the week's payout party, which was led most notably by Apple.

Top Dividend Stocks to Play High Oil Prices

With oil prices in a powerful long-term uptrend, expect your yield to spiral higher with these top dividend stocks.

Now Playing: Movie Theater Dividends

Regal Entertainment and Cinemark may not have the rosiest stock price prospects, but they're both good income opportunities.

Why Apple’s Buyback Plan Misses the Mark

It won't really slow dilution, and it's very likely to lead to more costly and ineffective buybacks down the road. Apple could have taken a better approach.

Goldman Sachs: Buy Dividend Stocks NOW

A super-bullish report from Goldman Sachs analysts is out, and it says long-term investors should jump into dividend stocks pronto. Here's why.