If dividend stocks are attractive to American investors these days, then Dividend Kings must cause most to swoon. Dividend Kings are companies that have increased their dividend each year for the last 50 years. That's year after year of increase during which Americans have gone through several recessions and bank crises.
Yet while these Dividend Kings can be a solid option to consider during a recession, it has to be said that the United States has not yet entered one as of writing. Does that mean you shouldn't consider Dividend Kings for now? Absolutely not.
