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#301: The 6 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy
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- Stock Club
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- Mar 5, 2026
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Summary
This week, we’re heading to safer shores — trading moonshots for mailboxes — and bringing you Emmet and Mike’s favorite dividend stocks. We’re growth investors at heart and would usually rather see smart R&D spending than dividend distributions. But for many investors, especially those approaching retirement, a few value stocks can be a smart addition to a portfolio. Emmet walks us through why a company might start offering a dividend — and why it might not. The decision can come down to a mix of cash availability, tax laws, pressure from large shareholders, and a desire to stay in the market’s good graces over the long term. He kicks things off with the Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) ETF, an index of US companies that have increased their dividends for 25 consecutive years and meet certain size and liquidity requirements. Emmet calls it “the most solid investment in the world.” He then revisits the pitch from recent Stock Club guest Porter Stansberry and makes the case for Altria Group Inc (MO). He finishes his list with Verizon (VZ), a wireless giant with a healthy moat and a 6%+ dividend. But it’s also staring down the looming threat of satellite internet providers. Mike returns to familiar territory with Investor AB (STO: INVE-B), the “Swedish Berkshire Hathaway”, it's a holding company with stakes in public companies, medtech firms, and smaller private businesses. It’s a lovely way to snag a piece of the Swedish economy and is currently Mike’s largest position. He then heads east with Tokio Marine (TYO: 8766), a Japanese insurance company riding the wave of the country’s stock market recovery. He shocks no one by pitching a stock that made last week’s portfolio as well: Waste Management (WM). At least this time, you get the reassurance that it’s also this month’s…