Market Got You Feeling Beaten Down? Console Yourself With These Monthly Dividend Stocks

With the S&P 500 off about 15% so far this year and a lot of high-flying growth stocks brought even lower, much lower, in this down market, it can be easy to feel down in the dumps about your pounded portfolio.

But there also are things you can do with your investment dollars to provide some solace, and it doesn't involve trying to decipher with prescience which former high-achiever will only punish you if you hang around or jump in now.

You can instead pick some slow but steady performers that will comfort you each month with dividends, that flow of passive income that can ease some of the pain while delivering some gain. There are several real estate investment trusts (REITs) among those who pay monthly instead of quarterly, and four worth pointing out here are Agree Realty (NYSE: ADC), Realty Income (NYSE: O), Gladstone Commercial (NASDAQ: GOOD) and S.L. Green Realty (NYSE: SLG).