4 Dividend Stocks to Buy That Should Do Fine

The Fed is expected to raise rates twice next year and again in 2018. If all four increase are 25 basis points, the federal funds rate should be still under 2% by 2019. Typically, certain sectors either benefit from rising rates or are not affected much. Usually consumer discretionary, financial and technology are sectors largely immune or are the beneficiaries of rate hikes. We screened the Merrill Lynch research database and found four companies rated Buy that pay dividends that should either welcome the rate increase or not be hurt by it.

This top retailer has had a nice run and is looking for solid holiday sales. Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) operates department stores in the United States that offer private label, exclusive and national brand apparel, footwear, accessories, beauty and home products to children, men and women customers. This leader in semiconductors is working hard to scale away from dependence on personal computers. Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) designs, manufactures and sells integrated digital technology platforms worldwide. Microsoft Inc. (NASDAQ: MSFT) continues to find an increasing amount of support from portfolio managers, who have added the software giant to their holdings at an increasingly faster pace all of this year and last. Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) is a nationwide, diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.8 trillion in assets.

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