3 Top Dividend Stocks to Maximize Your Retirement Income

Dividend-paying stocks from low-risk, high-quality companies are a smart way to generate steady and reliable attractive income streams to replace low risk, low yielding Treasury and bond options. Look for stocks that have paid steady, increasing dividends for years (or decades), and have not cut their dividends even during recessions. One approach to recognizing appropriate stocks is to look for companies with an average dividend yield of 3% and positive average annual dividend growth. Numerous stocks hike dividends over time, counterbalancing inflation risks. Here are three dividend-paying stocks retirees should consider for their nest egg portfolio...

Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) is currently shelling out a dividend of $0.07 per share, with a dividend yield of 5.34%. Huntsman (HUN) is paying out a dividend of $0.21 per share at the moment, with a dividend yield of 3.37% compared to the Chemical - Diversified industry's yield of 1.77% and the S&P 500's yield. Currently paying a dividend of $0.54 per share, Kilroy Realty (KRC) has a dividend yield of 4.43%. This is compared to the REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry's yield of 4.13% and the S&P 500's current yield.

Source: NASDAQ

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