Got $100,000? These Dividend Stocks Can Collectively Net You Almost $8,700 in Annual Income

Although there is no shortage of strategies that can prove profitable on Wall Street, buying dividend stocks is arguably the surest way to ensure your wealth grows -- and the long-term data confirms it.

In 2013, a report from J.P. Morgan Asset Management compared the performance of companies initiating and growing their payouts between 1972 and 2012 to publicly traded companies that didn't pay a dividend over the same stretch. The result? Dividend-paying stocks averaged an annual return of 9.5%, which if reinvested would have doubled investors' money every 7.6 years. By comparison, non-dividend-paying stocks clawed their way to an annualized return of just 1.6%.

Dividend stocks are a smart way to grow your wealth and crush inflation in the process. If you've got $100,000 ready to put to work, which won't be needed for emergencies or bills, the following quartet of ultra-high-yield dividend stocks could collectively net you close to $8,700 in annual income (an aggregate 8.7% yield). Note, this assumes equal investments (a $25,000 purchase, rounded down to the nearest whole share) in all four companies.

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