Why Investors Should Love Apple's Dividend
Significant pullbacks in some stocks' prices this year may have felt like a punch in the gut to some investors, leaving them looking for ways to help improve returns and ultimately ease the pain during the market's next big drawdown. While there's no certain way to do this, one idea worth exploring is investing in more dividend stocks. While dividend stocks can fall the same way as shares without dividends, many of them continue paying dividends as their share prices dip. Even more, a quality dividend stock could not only refrain from lowering its quarterly dividend payout but potentially even increase it during tough times.
But what dividend stocks have the kind of staying power and strong business characteristics to continue increasing their dividends during a bear market? While there are plenty of high-quality dividend stocks, one top idea is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).
Highlighting the resilience of Apple's dividend, the company hasn't skipped a quarterly payout since its dividend was initiated in 2012. Even better, Apple has increased its payout during each of the last 10 years. Indeed, the company's quarterly dividend has increased more than threefold (on a split-adjusted basis) since 2012.
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