If you're looking for a safe place to invest in for next year, consider buying shares of solid dividend stocks.

Some even have a track record of paying dividends for at least 25 straight years. To achieve that, a business needs to have strong financials and enjoy recurring, persistent demand for its products and services. These are the types of businesses that can offer investors stability in what could be a volatile year in 2023.

3M (NYSE: MMM) and Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) are two attractive dividend stocks that also provide high yields of 2.5% per year and better. If you've got $5,000 that you can afford to invest, then that could result in at least $125 in dividend income next year.

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