Published on 12 Oct 2021 on GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance
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Retirees and other investors looking for predictable passive income streams have long turned to dividend stocks — which look even better now that it’s a struggle to get a 1% yield on a one-year CD. The very best dividend stocks not only deliver reliable payouts over the years but also appreciate, thereby delivering increasingly larger payments over time.
The top performers are usually associated with large, established companies that command massive shares of their respective markets. Also, the best dividend stocks don’t slash or eliminate their dividends — in fact, they increase them.