These 5 Stocks Save Lives, Fund Retirements
July 24, 2020 at 05:00 AM EDT
Quick income quiz—what’s the longest running bull market powering dividend payers? It may be the multi-decade run in healthcare spending. Dividend stocks that are providing products aligned with this megatrend have the types of payouts that we’re looking for in a retirement portfolio: Secure cash flows, with Rising profits to support future dividend growth. At a time when we can no longer take dividend payments for granted, this type of “megatrend support” is becoming a must-have. We’ll talk specific stocks in a minute. First, let’s get into the trend and spend. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provides estimates of US health care spending by sources of funds, such as private healthcare insurance, Medicare and so on.… Read more