3 Dividend King Stocks Near All-Time Highs That You Can Still Buy in December

Buying stocks when they are trading near their all-time highs is never easy. Our instincts tell us that paying a high price for something is a bad deal. But in the stock market, it can be better to pay a premium for quality rather than scooping up shares of poorly run companies just because they are cheap. As Warren Buffett famously said, "It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price."Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW), Lowe's Companies (NYSE: LOW), and Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) are three excellent companies with track records of growing their earnings and passing along profits to shareholders through dividend raises. In fact, all three are Dividend Kings, meaning they have raised their payouts annually for over 50 consecutive years.Here's why these top stocks are still worth buying in December.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool