7 No-Frills Dividend Stocks for Your Must-Own List

Dividends are a signal to investors of a profitable business. Typically the most successful companies pay investors to own their stock. They have been thoroughly tested by the market and have not only survived but thrived. No-frills dividend stocks also tend to make the best investments.The asset managers at Hartford Funds looked at the performance of the S&P 500 going all the way back to 1930. They found there was never a decade when dividend stocks on the index produced a negative return. Non-payers could ...