Dividend stocks represent the cornerstone of every well-constructed retirement portfolio. High-yielding stocks can help you recoup your original investment in a little over a decade — which is a pretty amazing deal when you think about it.
But not all dividend stocks are created the same. All too often, a yield that seems too good to be true is, in fact, far too good to be true. That high yield is often the result of more serious problems that get to the core of an organization’s business model.