5 Must Own Stocks for Dividends and Growth

With recent market volatility we have received a lot of questions of where to put money for income investing. Making a few assumptions, that the U.S. figures out the debt ceiling issue before it explodes in the politicians’ faces and that Europe can keep Greece and the other PIIGS from the world’s financial news front pages, we feel comfortable putting this money to work in large-cap, dividend paying companies. We like the multinationals which have nice dividend and favorable growth prospects in emerging markets. Here are a few of the stocks we like: Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) The iconic appliance manufacturer under such brand names as Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Amana and many others trades at an attractive price-to-earnings multiple of approximately 9.5 at the current price of $75/share. The company pays a healthy dividend of $2.00/share which provides investors with a current yield of about 2.6%. WHR has been hit in... Read more