There are alternatives that can protect investors from future inflation that are less volatile (TIPS) or offer a better return profile (REITs and
even high quality dividend stocks) than commodities.
Not exact matches
Currently there are 50
stocks that make the cut, all of which are
high quality, have large moats that have allowed them to continue to prosper during all points of the business cycle,
even raising
dividends during times of recession.
In short, you'd have the opportunity to 1) capture a double - digit annualized yield or 2) pick up a
high quality dividend growth
stock at an
even larger discount than what it's already trading for.
Each one of these
stocks has paid
higher dividends every year for at least 25 years, each is a
high quality business, each has a large moat, and each has proven itself through multiple business cycles, not only maintaining the
dividend but
even increasing them during recessions.
Because most
stocks,
even the
high dividend payers among
high quality companies, have a very low payout ratio by historical standards, today's
dividends are more secure than in the past.