Bull Market Buys: 3 S&P 500 Dividend Stocks to Own for the Long Run

The S&P 500 Index is currently yielding a scant 1.3% or so. That's a very low number, but you can do much better if you dig into the index and cherry pick good companies with relatively high yields. Three stocks that should be on your list as potential long-term holdings are UDR (UDR 0.93%), T. Rowe Price (TROW -0.37%), and Realty Income (O 0.28%). Here's why. UDR provides homes, a basic necessity Right now, things are tough. A glut of new apartments has led to a difficult rental market at about the same ti ...