2 Dividend Stocks That Will Pay You for Life

Investing in dividend stocks is a classic strategy for generating reliable passive income and mitigating the risk you take keeping your money in the equity markets. This balance of passive income, growth, and stability makes dividend stocks a core holding for many investors, and many of these stocks or ETFs have the potential to be lifelong plays.

I'll discuss two here. The first is Realty Income (O), one of the most widely held publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs). The other is an exchange-traded fund, but not just any ETF. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY 0.26%) is the largest and oldest ETF out there.

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