3 Top-Ranked Dividend Stocks: A Smarter Way to Boost Your Retirement Income

As a replacement for low yielding Treasury bonds (and other bond options), we believe dividend-paying stocks from high quality companies offer low risk and stable, predictable income investors in retirement seek. Look for stocks that have paid steady, increasing dividends for years (or decades), and have not cut their dividends even during recessions. Here are three dividend-paying stocks retirees should consider for their nest egg portfolio...

Magna (MGA) is currently shelling out a dividend of $0.46 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.29%. This compares to the Automotive - Original Equipment industry's yield of 0% and the S&P 500's yield of 1.71%. NextEra Energy (NEE) is paying out a dividend of $0.47 per share at the moment, with a dividend yield of 3.28% compared to the Utility - Electric Power industry's yield of 3.67%. Currently paying a dividend of $0.77 per share, Park Hotels & Resorts (PK) has a dividend yield of 4.25%. This is compared to the REIT and Equity Trust - Other industry's yield of 4.6%.

Source: NASDAQ

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