Beyond Dividend Aristocrats: Here Are 3 Great Income Stocks That Nobody Is Talking About

Inflation has been on investors' minds for months now. For 10 consecutive months, year-over-year inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), has been above 5%. In March, the CPI was 8.5% higher than it was a year prior.

One stellar source of investment returns during periods of higher inflation is dividend stocks. According to research by Fidelity, dividends have accounted for 40% of the S&P 500's total returns since 1930. However, during the high-inflation decades of the 1940s and 1970s, dividends accounted for 65% and 71% of the index's total returns, respectively.

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