3 Dividend Stocks That Are No-Brainer Buys Right Now

It can be difficult to decide which dividend stocks to buy. After all, more than 5,700 of them trade on U.S. stock exchanges.However, three Motley Fool contributors think they can make the decisions easier. They believe that three dividend stocks are no-brainer buys right now -- and all three are big healthcare stocks. Here's why they picked Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), Novartis (NYSE: NVS), and Pfizer (NYSE: PFE).Prosper Junior Bakiny (Johnson & Johnson): There is no denying that Johnson & Johnson has an incredible dividend record. The company has raised its payouts for 62 consecutive years, making it a Dividend King. However, some might argue the stock is no longer a good pick for income investors. Johnson & Johnson has encountered legal troubles in the form of thousands of lawsuits regarding its talc-based products, which, some plaintiffs allege, gave them cancer.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool