I’ve written about investing for Looking for Alpha since 2015 and for Certain Dividend since 2018. I focus totally on proudly owning shares of corporations which have demonstrated lengthy histories of dividend development. Most of these corporations have largely confirmed profitable at elevating dividends by way of a number of recessionary durations, an indication that their enterprise fashions are sturdy sufficient to resist a downturn within the financial system. We’re lengthy: Power: CVX Finance: JPM AFL MA V TDIndustrials: LMT MMM HON CMI GD RTX CAT SWK UPSTeleco: T VZConsumer Staples: KO PG GIS PEP MKC DG COST ULConsumer Discretionary: SBUX DIS NKE TGT VFC MCD HD LOWTech: MSFT APPL CSCO ADP GOOGLHealthcare : ABBV ABT JNJ CVS SYK PFE AMGN REITs: O WPCUtilities: D SO NEE DUKCEF: BME ETV
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