Buying high-quality dividend stocks is a great way to collect passive dividend income. The best ones increase their dividends each year, and they can help you more than offset the impact of inflation over the long run.

High dividends, double digit year-to-date returns, and diversification. The trinity many active investors are in search of as markets ride through a period filled with peaks and valleys as uncertainty continues to be the theme of 2025.

Market volatility remains high in 2025, and only seems to be picking up. Whether we’re talking about tariffs or a higher interest rate environment for longer, there are reasons why growth stocks continue to underperform,