4 Blue Chip Dividend Payers to Sell Now (And 7 To Buy Instead)

Tax reform has been signed into law, giving the market a booster shot as we kick off 2018. Republicans took a hatchet to the corporate tax rate, which should translate into more profits, which in turn should trickle down to investors in the form of earnings-driven gains, buybacks and dividends. Generally speaking, that’s fantastic news for anyone holding blue-chip dividend stocks. But that’s not the same thing as saying every last well-known income play is worth carrying right now. They’re not. Eventually, some blue-chip stocks get caught in a rut where the growth that made them a household name in the first place starts to disappear.… Read more