3 No-Brainer Dividend Stocks to Buy With $200 Right Now

The S&P 500 dipped last week after the Federal Reserve said it's planning to slow the pace of its interest rate cuts in 2025. However, the index is still up 24% as we head toward the end of the year.If you invest in the stock market, you know that its course can change from day to day. In general, it's all a non-linear path up. But there will always be corrections and crashes, and they won't always be expected. In the case of a Federal Reserve meeting when investors wait for the results and know they can go either way, a post-meeting rise would be in the "expected" box. But black swan events happen, and you can't predict them.That's why when you set up a stock portfolio, it's important to have some stocks that should hold their value even in a downturn. Dividend payers are typically solid, established companies, and their stocks provide passive income. These features make them excellent stocks to have when there's uncertainty, and since there could always be uncertainty, you should always have a few of them in your portfolio.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool