Blue Chips Paying 5%

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Bonds are plain and simple a bad bet. They offer all the risk of inflation eroding an investor's purchasing power with no substantive yield to compensate for that risk. Investors seeking income to provide for living expenses have to look to high-quality equities. We recommend blue-chip companies that have the pricing power to keep up with inflation, which should lead to a dividend payout that rises over time.

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