Realty Income Stock News

Few investors enjoy market uncertainty, so the current state of affairs on Wall Street is probably a little unsettling for you. Buying dividend stocks can help calm your nerves because you can focus on collecting dividend checks instead of price volatility.

Buying dividend stocks is always a smart plan. They have historically outperformed non-dividend payers by more than two-to-one (9.2% annualized return compared to 4.3% over the last 50 years, according to data from Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research).

Shares of Realty Income (NYSE:O) eked out a 1.90% gain over the past month, outperforming the market over the same time as the S&P 500 lost 5.25%.

The markets faced volatility due to tariff and trade policy concerns, but the Fed's potential rate cuts could benefit the Dividend Harvesting Portfolio. The Dividend Harvesting Portfolio increased by 2.22% this week, with a total profitability of $4,100.97 and forward dividend income of $2,166.49. I added to positions in ONEOK and Blue Owl Capital Corporation, expecting them to perform well, es...

There's no such thing as a totally safe or recession-proof stock, but Realty Income (O -0.73%) is about as close as it gets. In this short video, Certified Financial Planner® Matt Frankel discusses why with colleague Tyler Crowe.

As I write this, the stock market, as measured by the S&P 500 index of 500 of America's biggest companies, is down about 10%. That qualifies as a correction -- a drop of between 10% and 20%.

When you see the major market indexes slide even lower, it might seem as if every stock is falling. Granted, many stocks have declined year to date.

This year's volatile swings on Wall Street are disconcerting, but the truth is, they aren't actually all that unusual. Corrections, downturns, and even bear markets are normal parts of investing, no matter how upsetting they are.