5 Dow Jones Dividend Stocks With Sweet (And Sweetening!) Yields

Dividend stocks continue to be a hot place for new investment money amid a rocky market that has delivered pain to the bulls and bears alike. One of the easiest places to look for dividend stocks is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the venerable 30-stock index of well-known blue-chip companies. Every stock in the Dow pays a dividend, though with a range of less than 1% to more than 5% … well, not all Dow Jones dividend stocks are built alike. A few Dow Jones dividend stocks have been sweetening the pot of late, tacking on a little bit more cash onto their regular payouts...

In particular, there’s a quintet of higher-yielding Dow Jones stocks that have boosted their quarterly dividends. In no particular order, here’s a look at five Dow blue bloods that yield more than 3% and have increased their payout sometime over the past few months: Cisco Systems (CSCO), International Business Machines (IBM), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Procter & Gamble (PG) and Walmart (WMT).

Source: InvestorPlace

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