Dividend Aristocrats: 5 To Buy And 5 To Avoid

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Summary

  • Dividend Aristocrats can be great investments, as they combine resilience, above-average yields, and income growth.
  • Not all of them are attractively priced all the time, however, which is why investors should be mindful of valuations. Buying expensive stocks can lead to sub-par returns.
  • Some Dividend Aristocrats are attractively priced, such as AbbVie, and we will showcase some of them, and some expensive ones, in this article.
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Article Thesis

In times of ultra-low interest rates, and with uncertainties around the coronavirus pandemic climbing, it can make sense to look for reliable, low-risk income-paying stocks, and the so-called Dividend Aristocrats are a great starting point for searching

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Jonathan Weber holds an engineering degree and has been active in the stock market and as a freelance analyst for many years. He has been sharing his research on Seeking Alpha since 2014. Jonathan’s primary focus is on value and income stocks but he covers growth occasionally.

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