The 5 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy Now

Coca-Cola, Altria, IBM, Cisco, and Realty Income are stable income plays.Dividend stocks are often considered slow-growth investments since companies generally start paying dividends only after they run out of places to invest their excess cash. Many dividend stocks also lost their luster in 2022 and 2023 as rising interest rates made risk-free CDs and U.S. Treasury bills more appealing to income investors.But as interest rates declined in 2024, many investors rotated back toward dividend stocks. The Federa ...