2 Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold Through Any Market Downturn

When the stock market hits rough seas, you may wonder about the safety of your dividends. The S&P 500 has fallen by about 18% in 2022 due to a host of concerns such as the Federal Reserve raising interest rates and fears about an economic slowdown.

Fortunately, with these two stocks, you can rest easy that your payments will continue, no matter what goes on with the economy and markets. That's because these two companies tend to do well regardless of the economic environment -- continuing to produce free cash flow and pay dividends.

It's time to look more closely at Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) to understand how they've paid dividends for a long time and likely will continue to do so.

Source Fool.com