3 Dividend Stocks That Thrive in Both Bull and Bear Markets
With just a few trading days left, 2017 is on track to be a banner stock-market year as indexes rise by more than 15%. Of course, many individual stocks have performed well in the context of that strong overall growth.
It's much harder for dividend investors to find companies that can thrive during booms like this -- and through those inevitable bear markets. With that challenge in mind, we asked Motley Fool investors to highlight a few income investments that meet this tough standard. Below, they offer 3M (NYSE: MMM), Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) as unusually stable income candidates.
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