These high-quality dividend growth stocks have the highest defensiveness scores and may offer a somewhat safer shelter for your investment dollars, provided you buy them at reasonable valuations.

The KISS principle applies to many things in life, and managing your retirement portfolio is one such thing. A retirement portfolio should be simple, permitting an investor to be lazy. Most investors do not want to continuously monitor their retirement portfolio and make changes.

This month, I used a defensiveness scoring system developed by David Van Knapp as my primary screen. The system awards points based on satisfying common notions of safety rather than for being in a certain economic sector. Additionally, I screened for stocks trading below my risk-adjusted Buy Below prices.

V is one of the world’s leaders in digital payments. It facilitates global commerce and money movement across more than 200 countries and territories among a global set of consumers, merchants, financial institutions, businesses, strategic partners and government entities through innovative technologies.

AT&T (T) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. The company is the market leader for mobile phone services in the US and offers broadband and fixed wire connections.

The top 10 dividend growth stocks for November are Investment Grade Dividend Aristocrats trading below my risk-adjusted Buy Below prices.

We compare the prospects of two telecommunications giants, AT&T and Verizon. These companies have always enjoyed a dominant position in their business, generating excessive free cash flows and paying generous dividends.

https://www.thestreet.com/dividendstrategists/dividend-ideas/7-dividend-growth-stocks-for-november-2021

International Paper’s streak of dividend increases has ended, and the company is no longer a Dividend Contender. This cut was primarily due to the spinoff of Sylvamo (SLVM), IP’s former global printing papers business.