Seven Dividend Investments to Purchase for Profiting Despite 2022 Pitfalls

The seven dividend investments to purchase for profiting despite 2022 pitfalls offer high quality, inflation-protected dividend yield, value rather than growth, free cash flow (FCF) generation and more. Other reasons that led to their recommendation include fund positioning, a pension fund chairman’s input, 2022 earnings outlook versus consensus forecasts and other catalysts. In addition, these seven dividend investments to purchase benefit more from inflation, rising interest rates, heightened gross domestic product (GDP), increased oil prices and wage growth, compared to an equal-weighted 11 sector portfolio.

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) shares traded above $70 on Tuesday, Jan. 11, to reach a new 52-week high. Bob Carlson, who heads the Retirement Watch investment newsletter, said his top pick for conservative to moderate investors is Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE). Mondelez International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ), a multinational confectionery, food, holding and beverage and snack food company based in Chicago, Illinois, is BofA’s top pick in the Consumer Staples sector. Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL), a Toledo, Ohio, real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in health care infrastructure, is BofA’s preferred choice in the real estate sector. Welltower has been one of the top holdings of one of Carlson’s recommended funds, Cohen & Steers Realty Shares (CSRSX). Kingsport, Tennessee-based Eastman Chemical (NYSE: EMN), an independent global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of advanced materials, chemicals and fibers. CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, is one of the largest health care companies in the United States, providing retail, mail and specialty pharmacy dispensing services and pharmacy benefits.

Source: Dividend Investor

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