3 Dividend Stocks You Don't Have to Babysit

3 Dividend Stocks You Don't Have to Babysit

While babysitting an actual baby can sometimes be fun -- until it's diaper-changing time -- babysitting other people or things, like coworkers or stocks, is just a pain. And dirty diapers are nothing compared to the agony of an underperforming investment.

A quality dividend stock, though, can not only bring more joy than a baby's laughter, but can also pay better than babysitting. Here are three dividend stocks -- Waste Management (NYSE: WM), General Electric (NYSE: GE), and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) -- you can feel comfortable buying and forgetting about for months or even years at a time.

It's a good idea to keep an eye on your investments and the stock market, but these three stocks are for value investors who want to do things besides babysit their shares. Image source: Getty Images.

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