Trouble-Proof Dividend Darlings: 7 Stocks That Keep Paying No Matter What

At first glance, another gangbusters jobs report seems to imply that dividend stocks are irrelevant. It’s all about growth, baby! Well, maybe not.According to The Wall Street Journal, labor market growth continues – that’s the good news. However, the not-so-great news is that there are signs of a cooling employment arena. One of the yellow flags is that the unemployment rate ticked up to 3.9%. That was higher than expected. Also, wage growth slowed, which isn’t what you want to see for a growth-based thesis ...