Dividend Gold: 3 Stocks With Sustainable Payouts

While share price appreciation continues to be important, a good number of investors also prize regular and consistent dividend payments.Dividends provide people, especially those in retirement, with a source of income. Reinvested dividends can help to grow a portfolio over the long term. And, above all else, dividends offer a predictable return to shareholders regardless of the ups and downs of the market and a particular stock.

Here is dividend gold: three stocks with sustainable payouts: Mastercard (MA): The credit card giant just raised its dividend by 16%. Broadridge Financial (BR): The financial firm has raised its dividend every year since going public. General Motors (GM): The automaker recently hiked its dividend by 33% after its costly labor strike.

Source: InvestorPlace

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