With signs pointing to the Federal Reserve being ready to start easing interest rates again, it's probably a good time to start warming up to dividend stocks. Yields on traditional fixed-income vehicles are likely heading lower in the coming months, and it's great to own dividend stocks with a history of pushing up their payouts.

Three that I like right now are Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ: SIRI), Realty Income (NYSE: O), and Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). They all pay regular dividends that have been hiked over the past year. They also have some compelling near-term catalysts to move higher in the coming months. Let's take a closer look.

The only satellite radio play in the country since the 2009 combination of Sirius and XM, Sirius XM is yielding a juicy 3.5% right now. It has raised its payout every year since initiating a distribution policy eight years ago, with the rate nearly tripling in that time. It last gave its dividend rate a boost in November of last year.

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