I’ve been publishing the Zen Ten list each December since 2008. I pick my favorites and stick with them all year – no trading.

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Leggett & Platt may not be a well-known name, but it is likely that millions of consumers come in contact with the company’s products every day. Despite being under the radar, Leggett has increased its dividend for 51 years in a row, meaning it is a Dividend King.

Competition has heated more than ever in almost every sector. As a result, it has become challenging to identify the best buy-and-hold dividend stocks in 2023. However, some companies have a strong business model in place, and thus they enjoy a meaningful business moat. In addition, they have proved resilient to recessions.

Slow and steady wins the race. It holds true for investing in equities because of reversion to the mean. For instance, the latest group of new tech stocks were trading at bubble valuations and plummeted when the Federal Reserve started tightening.

3 Recession Proof Stocks with Low Volatility. The world is experiencing a wide range of macro troubles right now.

Over the past five weeks, the market has been up 14.7%. Also, after the CPI report was issued last Thursday morning, the market and almost all the stocks had a tremendous run-up. In two days, the market is up nearly 7%.

It’s dividend income update time. One of my favorite times of the month as I get to review my previous month of passive income received from my dividend income portfolio.

When volatility grips the stock market, as it has this past year, income investors should focus on quality dividend growth stocks.

It has been a very, very long time since I made two or more separate tranches of buys in a single month but sometimes the market has a flash sale and adding more shares is just too tempting to pass up.

The year of 2023 has already started in turbulent mode. The S&P 500 is up almost 4%, as inflation appears to have cooled on earlier reports. However, I think the economy is being overlooked, as I predict we are still in for a rude awakening.