The Smartest Dividend Stocks to Buy With $300 Right Now

In a year when the stock market soared 29%, primarily driven by the Magnificent Seven -- accounting for approximately 30% of the S&P 500 index -- investors may want to consider portfolio diversification. One proven long-term strategy is investing in dividend-paying stocks, which offer income and stability due to the discipline required by management to pay -- and, ideally, increase -- distributions.Let's examine three dividend-paying stocks, priced at a combined $300, that appear reasonably valued or undervalued and that either recently began paying dividends or have a long history of paying and increasing them.While airlines have historically been bad investments, this company, which leases airplanes, has not been one of them. AerCap (NYSE: AER), the market leader in the industry, has rewarded investors handsomely in 2024 with a total return of over 30%.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool