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The table cites companies chosen for their lower than average risk, greater than normal profit potential, and atypically generous dividends. Even after three Federal Reserve interest rates hikes over the past year or so, bonds are not yet offering much incentive for purchase. U.S. 30-year Treasuries pay just 3.4% as of this writing (3/17/17), and if one were to wait those three decades to sell, inflation would probably in the interim have left one's purchasing power below its starting value. Not so with the indicated stocks. They and others like them, taken as a group and on a total return basis, are likely to double one's investment about every five years. Yet if it is primarily income one needs, they pay an overall yield of 4% a year. Held long-term, some of these stocks will probably increase their dividends as a percentage of the initial investment. However if desired this strategy is easily renewable. After the portfolio has been held a year or so, assets now providing lower dividends (for instance, because the stocks have gone up in price) can be replaced with new superior dividend stocks that, like these, offer excellent potential, safety, and income.
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