4 Dividend Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist in August

Though the stock market provides few guarantees, one investing strategy that offers a high degree of success is buying dividend stocks.

According to a report from J.P. Morgan Asset Management that was released in 2013, companies that initiated and grew their payouts between 1972 and 2012 averaged an annual return of 9.5%. Comparatively, non-dividend-paying stocks scraped and clawed their way to a meager annual average return of 1.6% over the same time frame. This disparity shouldn't come as a surprise, given that dividend stocks are often profitable and have time-tested operating models.

As we move into the warm summer days of August, the following four dividend stocks stand out as particularly attractive and can confidently be bought hand over fist by income-seeking investors.

Source Fool.com