3 Growth-Driven Dividend Aristocrats to Buy

The problem is that all these buyers have pushed the valuation of these stocks to unreasonable levels. Dividends are great, but not if there is risk of the prices of dividend stocks crashing by 20% or 30% or even more. That’s why you have to be careful about which dividend stocks you buy. The strategy of The Liberty Portfolio, for example, is to find stocks and other securities that not only pay higher yields but offer less risk than standard dividend stocks. Some of these include dividend aristocrats — dividend stocks that have raised dividend payments every year for more than 25 years. With that in mind, here are three dividend aristocrats to consider for your portfolio...

Dividend aristocrats tend to be boring businesses, and that’s just fine with me. Slow and boring wins the long-term race. PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) is a 134 year old company that manufactures and distributes coatings, specialty materials and glass products. I have long been interested in one of the greatest dividend stocks in American history, Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC). Ecolab Inc. (NYSE:ECL) has been increasing dividends for 32 years and its stock has almost doubled in the past five years.

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