2024-06-28 18:04:10 ET
Summary
- Dividend investing can be risky, with even dividend kings and aristocrats recently crashing and burning.
- Investing with major macro tailwinds at your back can help mitigate some of these risks.
- I share how I would invest $100,000 to profit form 3 big macro trends in the coming years while also generating an attractive income yield.
Dividend investing can be quite challenging in the rapidly changing world in which we find ourselves. Many times, dividend investors may focus on dividend kings and aristocrats ( NOBL ) with the thought that since their business models have been able to support dividend growth every year for 25 to 50 or more years without any interruptions, they are likely to continue doing so for years to come. While this principle generally holds, there are still some glaring exceptions, as evidenced by recent massive failures by various dividend kings and aristocrats such as Leggett & Platt ( LEG ), 3M ( MMM ), AT&T ( T ), Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ), and even WP Carey ( WPC ). As a result, simply buying dividend aristocrats and dividend kings blindly is a risky proposition, as you never know when the next shoe will drop from that list. Instead, it may be best to look for businesses that combine attractive fundamentals, dividends, and valuations with major macro tailwinds that can drive them to continued prosperity for years to come....
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How To Invest $100,000 For Big Dividends From 3 Big Macro Trends