My investing guidelines and portfolio focus are on investing for income that provides ample yield, safety, and annual dividend increases that are above my expected long-term rate of inflation (3%). I ...

Social Security COLA averaged 2% annually with high volatility ranging from 0% to 8.7% between 2010 and 2023. Five dividend aristocrats delivered 4.5% to 7.2% compound annual dividend growth over 10 ...