The document discusses top dividend stocks to buy. It recommends looking beyond high-yielding stocks to those with a history of consistent dividend growth from companies in boring but stable industries. Specifically, it highlights Leggett & Platt, Lancaster Colony Corp, and Stepan Company as examples of less exciting but financially sound small cap stocks that have increased their dividends for many years. The document advocates a buy and hold approach to dividend investing and reinvesting dividends to benefit from long-term compounding returns.

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4. Top Dividend Stocks To Buy Right Now

5. What are the top dividend stocks to buy
right now?
When people ask me this, I’m usually
tempted to give them a sarcastic answer...

6. “The top dividend stocks to buy right now
are the same ones you should have
bought a year ago, and the same ones
you should buy a year from now.”

7. But unless the person talking to me is a
flat out boor, I’ll soften this response and
show some respect.
So here’s my take on investing in good
dividend stocks.

8. First, there’s human nature. We’re all
looking for what’s new. Whatever is new
tugs at us with incredibly strong appeal.
But what’s new and what’s profitable don’t
always mix.

9. If you built your investment strategy on
your thirst for what’s new, you would
invest in nothing but IPOs.
Not a good idea, based on the two largest
IPOs of the past few years.

10. Alibaba $BABA in 2014 and Agricultural
Bank of China $ACGBY in 2010...
Both are trading well off their IPO prices.

11. So instead of thinking about what’s new,
think about what’s going to make you
money.
Here’s the first thing to do.

12. Get High Yield Out Of Your Head

13. Not long ago one of my readers emailed
me. He asked...
“Do you know of any high-yielding stocks
(around 10%) that you would consider
buying?

14. I am buying a house with financing at
3.75% and would like to use some free
cash (as a result of no down payment) to
generate more income than using that
money to pay-down a 3.75% loan.”

15. The short answer... no.
And the reason why is the risk that comes
with a 10% yield.
I wouldn’t consider buying a stock with a
10% yield any more than I’d consider
buying a condo in Damascus.

16. I’m not a financial planner, but it wouldn’t
surprise me if my reader’s best move
might be to take half of his free cash flow
and pay off the mortgage ahead of
schedule.

17. Then, the other half could go into a
portfolio of dividend stocks.
What would the best dividend stocks be
for this portfolio?

18. Well, let’s say my reader has a 20-year
mortgage, and he’s syncing up the
dividend stocks for a 20-year investment
horizon.

19. The first thing he should do is find out
how to dodge a high yield dividend stock
disaster.

20. This explains why you’re typically better
off with a dividend yield that’s growing
than a dividend yield that’s high...
Especially when you have an investment
horizon that stretches out beyond 5 years.

21. But I suspect my reader still wants a few
suggestions on some good dividend
stocks.
The best move is to start the search in a
safe and well-known neighborhood.

22. The Top Dividend Stocks On The S&P 500

23. The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats are are
always a smart place to look for top
dividend stocks.
14 Aristocrats pay a dividend of at least
3%.

24. Because they’re Aristocrats, you’ll pay a
premium. Safety always comes with a
price, but a little insurance premium isn’t
always a bad thing.

25. After checking out the Aristocrats, you
can expand your search to the small caps.
Look for the same thing... dividends paid
consistently year after year.

26. Turn your back on what is new and
exciting. Go in the opposite direction.
Turn up a bunch of unexciting companies
in boring businesses like foaming
ingredients for toothpaste and beveled
glass.

27. The Best Dividend Stocks You Never Heard Of

28. Leggett & Platt Inc. $LEG is in the furniture
business. They’re the guys furniture
manufacturers go to for springs, lumbar
systems, coils, and other components.

29. The stock has been paying a growing dividend
for 43 years and the yield is 2.8%.
Lancaster Colony Corp. $LANC manufactures
everything from safety glass to salad dressings.

30. It’s been paying a growing dividend for 52 years
and the yield is 2.1%.
Stepan Company $SCL produces chemicals that
give household products like toothpaste the
ability to create a foam.

31. Stepan has been paying a growing dividend for
47 years and the yield is 1.9%.
Are these the best dividend stocks to buy right
now?

32. I’d sure take a closer look. The yields aren’t
much more exciting than the businesses these
companies are in, but that’s OK.

33. It’s OK because the yield is in a good position to
keep growing and compounding. The
companies are well-established and in sound
financial shape.

34. And the laggard of this group of 3 dividend
stocks, Stepan that pays a dividend of less than
2%.
Most income investors would blow off Stepan
because of the low yield.

35. But it cranks away. Check out this chart...

37. Even if you didn’t sell Stepan when the stock
was in the 60s, over the past 5 years you would
come close to doubling your money.
Not bad for this low yield dividend stock.

38. Let everybody else go chase the high fliers and
take the risks.
You can dig deeper. Expand your small cap stock
search to find some opportunities to flirt with a
slightly higher yield.

39. But don’t forget that the higher the yield, the
higher the risk.
And your goal is to maximize profit from your
dividend stocks... NOT to chase high yield.

40. The Best Dividend Paying Stocks Are Like Good
BBQ

41. Ask a talented BBQ chef how he cooks and he’ll
tell you, “low and slow.”
It’s the same with your dividend stocks.

42. Turn down the heat a bit on your yield. Set your
timer to hold onto your stocks longer.
Let your dividends compound. If you don’t need
the income to pay your mortgage like my reader
does, reinvest your dividends.

43. Reinvesting dividends is like unlocking the juices
in your meat... nothing is wasted.
When you set up your brokerage account to
reinvest the dividends and buy more stock, the
number of shares in your portfolio grows,
paying even more dividends.

44. And your portfolio winds up like a perfect rack
of baby back ribs.

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