David Meier's 11 Incredible Dividend Stocks as a Portfolio

Dividend stocks are key in the sense that they deliver income even while there is continuing market turbulence. David Meier of the Motley Fool summarized the current conditions as follows: "It's not a dividend investor's world these days." For the long term investor, dividend stocks have significant benefits in terms of providing income and growth potential. We continue to examine different portfolios to see what we can learn. Meier outlined 11 outstanding Dividend stocks which are summarized here: Classics Wal-Mart (WMT) Pepsi (PEP) International PM -- Philip Morris for which we use BTI as a proxy as it has longer history Pharma Juggernauts Abbott Labs (ABT) Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) Quietly Consistent Aflac (AFL) Bemis (BMS) Tech up and comers Intel (INTC) KLA Tencor (KLAC) Non-Traditional Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP) Autoliv Inc. (ALV) We entered these funds into our system and then compared them to a balanced portfolio of dividend... Read more