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Dividend Aristocrats are beloved by income growth investors and for good reason.
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These boring but beautiful blue-chips have delivered 25+ consecutive years of rising dividends in all economic, market and interest rate environments. They've also managed to outperform the market by 25% annually since 1990 and with 18% less volatility, making them even better sleep well at night or SWAN stocks. They achieved this mostly by declining less during downturns and keeping up with market rallies (the best offense is a good defense).
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