Author: Brett Owens, Contrarian Outlook

It just hiked its dividend for the 29th straight year!

Today we’ll discuss low-beta dividend stocks that pay between 5.5% and 10.4% to see if they meet our “safe dividend and principal intact” standards.

With the U.S. Dollar topping out, these shares will grind higher. Which means price gains on top of a 7.4% payout, paid monthly. Perfect!

We contrarian income seekers are putting the ticker on our buy list, too.

There are companies that pay each shareholder hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars a year more than expected.