The Smartest Dividend Stocks to Buy With $500 Right Now

For investors, dividend-paying stocks offer an immediate return, and those with consistent, rising payouts have performed even better, with less volatility than the benchmark S&P 500. One explanation could be that annual dividend increases compel management to maintain disciplined capital allocation while also signaling strong confidence to investors in the company's future growth.Let's dive into two dividend-paying stocks, priced at a combined $500, that appear undervalued and either recently began paying dividends or have a strong history of increasing them.Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is down approximately 5% over the past month as the tech giant faces increasing calls for regulation in its search and advertising business. Additionally, investors fear Alphabet may be behind in the artificial intelligence (AI) arms race against competitor Microsoft, which owns a significant stake in Open AI, the company behind ChatGPT.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool