3 High-Yield Dividend Growth Stocks to Buy in December and Hold for a Decade or Longer

It's been a great couple of years for the stock market. From the end of 2022 through Nov. 29, the benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.24%) index rose a whopping 57.1% higher.During this bull run, stock prices have bounded forward much further than earnings from their underlying businesses. As a result, the average dividend payer in the benchmark index offers a paltry 1.2% yield at recent prices.It's a lot harder for income-seeking investors to find high-yield dividend stocks to buy these days, but it's not impossibl ...