3 Dividend Stocks You Can Use for Safe Harbor

There are pockets of strength among some modest-paying dividend stocks where investors can seek out safe harbor. Financials and insurance companies often benefit from rising-rate environments as revenue strengthens from traditional operations. As a result, many companies within these groups can be considered suitable alternative dividend investments with the potential for less capital risk (or even gains) as fundamental valuations increase.

Regional banks tend to offer a little more upside from higher rates, as the balance sheet operations are often more rate-centric versus larger banks that also draw revenue from trading, wealth management, investment banking and other activities. Read on, and we’ll look at the three best opportunities of the bunch: Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) and Regions Financial (RF).

Source: InvestorPlace

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