"Dividend Aristocrat stocks are great for holding your portfolio together, in good times and bad times. Their underlying businesses have hiked dividend payouts for 25 consecutive years or more. Companies can't keep their dividends increasing for a quarter of a century through luck alone. As such, these businesses are as sturdy as they come. You only need a handful of them to be very successful. Hold them for the next few decades, and you'll find a snowballing portfolio that can significantly outperform the broader market."
"Selling these dividend stocks is not a wise idea, as it will reset the process and you'll miss fat dividend payments that would've otherwise been almost guaranteed. Here are three such Dividend Aristocrat stocks you shouldn't sell unless absolutely necessary: Realty Income (O) Realty Income (NYSE:O) is the most reliable monthly-paying dividend stock you can buy. The underlying business is a real estate investment trust (REIT) with a portfolio of mainly retail customers."
Dividend Aristocrat stocks deliver decades of consecutive dividend increases and provide stability through market cycles. Companies that have raised dividends for 25+ years indicate durable cash flows and disciplined capital allocation. Holding a concentrated set of these businesses and reinvesting dividends can compound returns and build a snowballing portfolio over decades. Selling long-held dividend aristocrats interrupts compounding and risks missing sizable, recurring dividend income. Realty Income (O) exemplifies this approach as a monthly-paying REIT with mainly retail tenants, conservative tenant selection, and a demonstrated 97% occupancy rate during the 2008 recession.
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