With the market trading near all-time highs, picking winners is about as difficult as shooting fish in a barrel. Everyone is once again a stock-picking genius. Two things never change, though: People get overly confident in bull markets, and every bull market is followed by a bear market. As an investor, you want to position your portfolio to win in both bull and bear markets.
One category of stocks that stand the test of time is high-yield dividend stocks that are not "dividend traps." Here are three stocks I think you want to include in your portfolio: General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC) and AT&T (T).
Source: The Street
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