2 Defensive Dividend Plays For The Long-Term Passive Income Investor

MarsBars Written by Nick Ackerman. Living on dividends is easy by investing in companies that provide essential services, such as WEC Energy Group, Inc. (WEC) and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ). WEC is a multi-utility company with a long history of consistent earnings growth. VZ is a household name as a telecom behemoth that has been seeing its free cash flow rise once again as CAPEX demand recedes. Both of these names continue to remain interest rate sensitive due to their sizeable debt loads and income ...