3 Top Dividend Stocks to Buy in August
They're not the sort of names you often brag about owning. The fact is, however, dividend stocks are workhorses for more investors than you might suspect -- even if their primary purpose is just generating cash used to purchase growth companies.
With that as the backdrop, if you're looking to replace some of your fading dividend payers -- or simply aiming to increase your overall exposure to dividend names -- here are three great picks that have become even more attractive in just the past few weeks.
Yes, the same International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) that was once a technology titan but faded into a backdrop of irrelevancy is back! Indeed, things have changed dramatically for ol' Big Blue. Now the company's focused on things like cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and mobility, while legacy offerings such as mainframes and PCs are a bit of an afterthought.
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