Author: Brett Owens, Contrarian Outlook

These companies have years and even decades of profitable runway ahead.

I believe in letting winners run, especially with respect to dividend growers. Sometimes there’s never any reason to actually sell a stock if the dividend’s sponsor is consistently growing its profits and dishing them out to shareholders. Other times, however, we’re better off booking gains and re-deploying our money to more promising pastures.

3 of them are winners, 2 are losers.

They’re all blockchain-linked stocks at “DIVCON 5”, which means they’re in the best position for dividend growth going forward.

Each of these picks features the high yields you need in retirement that ensure you can pay your monthly bills long after you’ve stopped collecting a paycheck.