The Smartest Dividend Aristocrats To Buy With $500 Right Now

Income investors who are hoping to keep up with inflation should focus on companies that have a long track record of increasing dividends. Luckily, someone has gone to the trouble of compiling just such a list of elite companies that are in the S&P 500 and have strong enough earnings to raise their dividends annually for at least 25 consecutive years. While not all the Aristocrats raise their dividends to exceed inflation in a given year, there are some who have managed it.