High-Yield Heroes: The Top 3 Dividend Stocks in My Portfolio

Although Wall Street has many paths to profits, one of the best, with nearly a 100-year track record, is investing in dividend stocks . Particularly in periods of high inflation and slowing economic growth, one constant investors can count on is the reliability of dividend stocks to see them through. That’s why I like investing in dividend stocks. I enjoy the stability they provide my portfolio and the income stream they give to my total return. The asset managers at Hartford Funds looked at the performance of the benchmark S&P 500 going back to 1930. They found that dividends contributed 41% to the index’s total return over that…