3 Top Dividend Stocks to Buy in September

Are you looking for dividends? That's a tough one today, given the market's shockingly low 1.3% or so yield. But if you are willing to look, and perhaps make some reasonable risk/reward trade-offs, you can find great companies with yields well above that of the S 500 index.

Here's why you might want to consider adding Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT), Realty Income (NYSE: O), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD) to your dividend portfolio today.

For some investors, the most important things about a dividend are that it gets paid every single quarter and that it grows from year to year. In fact, for some retirees, that kind of consistency is just as important as the dividend yield because it helps them plan for the future.

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