5 Top Dividend Kings to Buy and Hold Forever
Most income investors are likely familiar with the Dividend Aristocrats -- elite members of the S&P 500 index that have raised their payouts annually for at least 25 straight years. But there's an even more rarefied rank (though one not restricted to S&P 500 members). Companies that extend their payout-increasing streaks for at least 50 consecutive years get to call themselves Dividend Kings.
Right now, there are just 30 Dividend Kings, but I'm going to focus here on five that I think investors can comfortably buy and hold forever: Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson, and Hormel Foods.
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