2 No-Brainer Dividend Stocks to Buy Right Now for Less Than $200

Dividend stocks are proven wealth creators. For example, if you invested just $100 into the average dividend stock 50 years ago, that investment would have grown to $8,756 five decades later (assuming you reinvested those dividends). That's nearly double the return of the average stock in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) ($4,439 for an equal-weighted S&P 500 index fund) and 10 times more than you'd have made in the average non-dividend payer ($843). The best returns came from dividend growers (they turned a $100 investment made 50 years ago into $14,118, compared to $2,788 for those with no change in their dividend policies and $73 for dividend cutters and eliminators). Given that data, companies that routinely increase their payouts are no-brainer investments. Sun Communities (NYSE: SUI) and VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) have solid records of increasing their dividends. Here's why they're ideal dividend stocks to buy right now for those with a little bit of extra cash to invest. Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool