Investors prompted to seek shelter as DeepSeek rocks the stock market may want to skip bonds and seek out dividend stocks. They offer attractive yields without some of the problems lately dogging the fixed-income market.

As global markets experience an upswing, with major indices like the S&P 500 reaching new heights amid optimism over trade policies and AI investments, investors are increasingly looking for stable income sources in a fluctuating economic landscape.

The annualized dividend paid by AbbVie is $6.56/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 01/15/2025

Realty Income has been a model dividend stock over the decades. The REIT has paid 655 consecutive monthly dividends since its founding in 1969. It has increased its dividend payme

After back-to-back years of significant gains for the S&P 500, led by the Magnificent 7 stocks, many of the other 493 stocks in the venerable index have traded sideways to down. The staggering poor breadth of the market at specific points in 2024 rivals some of the biggest in stock market history.

Tobacco titan Altria (NYSE: MO) has long been a solid dividend-paying company. It remains one today -- and it's offering a fat dividend yield, recently 7.8%. It's generally smart to seek out dividends growing at a good clip,