For example, if you buy a stock at $20 that pays a 3% dividend, and it goes up to $22 in a year, your total return is 13%.

For example ... have not cut their dividends even during recessions. One way to identify suitable candidates is to look for stocks with an average dividend yield of 3%, and positive average ...

The stock pays a dividend that yields 1.6% -- that's higher than the S&P 500 average of 1.3%. And what also makes this an attractive investment to hang on to is the dividend growth. In just five ...