Tobacco titan Altria (NYSE: MO) has long been a solid dividend-paying company. It remains one today -- and it's offering a fat dividend yield, recently 7.8%. It's generally smart to seek out dividends growing at a good clip,

Agree's dividend yields 4.2% at the current price, or nearly 3.5 times the S&P 500 average. The dividend has had a compound annual growth rate of 6% during the past 10 years, and the company switched from a quarterly to a monthly dividend in 2021.

A quarterly dividend payment from a high-quality stock may be as close to a sure thing as an investor can find on Wall Street. Even during periods of broad market weakness, the lower a stock's price falls,

As the U.S. stock market experiences a notable upswing, with major indices like the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average posting their best weekly gains in months, investors are increasingly looking toward dividend stocks as a stable source of income amidst the volatility.

Investors can consequently lock in much higher yields on some top-notch dividend stocks these days. Two top dividend stocks to consider doubling up on right now, without overallocating your portfolio,

While most of Wall Street focuses on large and mega-cap stocks, as they provide a degree of safety and liquidity, many investors are limited in the number of shares they can buy. Many of the most significant public companies,

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has been on fire for the last two years, racking up a gain of nearly 51%, which it hadn't done since the dot-com era. Along the way, however, its valuation has gotten stretched,

When seeking high-yield dividend stocks, one of the best places to look is in the midstream energy space. Many of these companies are structured as master limited partnerships (MLPs), which pass through their profits to their unitholders and as such don't pay corporate taxes.