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Investors who enjoy tax benefits of limited partnerships but would also like to have at their disposal liquidity of publicly traded securities can have it all by investing in Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs). However, what are the best MLP stocks to buy? MLPs issue units that are publicly traded on security exchanges like the shares of stocks. The MLPs have…

While resort and casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corporation (NYSE: LVS) has seen its share price drop approximately 25% since June 2018, the company has hiked its annual dividend for six consecutive years and currently offers a dividend yield of nearly 5%. Will a growing dividend payout and substantial annual yield be enough to counter the downtrend in the share price?…

Complementing six consecutive annual dividend hikes, the Getty Realty Corporation’s (NYSE:GTY) share price continues rising after an early 2018 pullback and the company currently offers a 4.45% dividend yield. The company’s share price reversed its uptrend in early October 2017 and started a slow decline that lasted until the end of the overall market’s pullback in early February 2018. However, that…

In addition to nearly six decades of annual dividend hikes, Cincinnati Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CINF) has rewarded its shareholders with long-term asset appreciation and a dividend yield that outperformed peer averages. The company’s share price has experienced a mild volatility increase over the past two years. However, the share price continues to move up on its long-term uptrend and has more than…

After paying a flat annual dividend for seven years between 2005 and 2011, Merck & Co reverted to distributing rising dividends for the last seven years. During the 35 years prior to the seven years of flat annual dividends between 2005 and 2011, the company has hiked its annual dividends 31 times – almost 90% of the time. Even including the…