2 Stocks With World-Class Dividends

The best dividend stocks don't always come with incredibly generous yields. Excessive dividend yields are often a sign of deeply troubled stocks, often overvalued and destined to lose that tremendous payout fairly soon. Seasoned income investors know that they should look for other qualities. A reasonable yield is a good start, but a strong commitment to growing payouts over time is much better. If the dividend checks are financed by rock-solid cash flows, that's even better. And in the end, the underlying business should be poised to deliver these growing, cash-backed dividends for a very long time.

Read on to see how International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) and American Tower (NYSE: AMT) fit the bill as world-class dividend stocks, each in its own unique way.

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