5 Dividend Stocks to Double Up on Right Now -- Plus Some Dividend ETFs

It's hard to beat the power of dividend-paying stocks. They have outperformed non-payers significantly. If you don't have many dividend-paying stocks in your portfolio, you might want to rethink your asset allocation because dividend payers can be surprisingly powerful long-term performers. For starters, a company generally needs to grow enough to have relatively reliable income, giving management the confidence with which to initiate -- and then maintain -- a dividend payment to shareholders. Such companie ...