It makes a lot of sense to include some (or many) dividend-paying stocks in your portfolio. Yes, you will get rather reliable income from them regularly -- typically once per quarter -- but healthy and growing dividend payers tend to increase their payouts regularly, too. That means more income in your coffers from year to year, and it can help you keep up with or beat inflation, too.
Better still, the share price of the stocks themselves will likely increase over time, too, delivering added value to your portfolio. A good place to start when seeking attractive and reliable dividend payers is the list of Dividend Kings -- companies that have increased their dividends for at least 50 years in a row. There are only about 31 such companies today. Here's a brief look at 15 of them.
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