Author: Marc Lichtenfeld, Wealthy Retirement

In short, without a reason to expect a stock to jump in the near-term, your investment could be dead money.

In short, they raise their dividends every year, and they beat the pants off the broader market.

Moreover, the company has increased its dividend every quarter for the past 82 quarters. And considering that its funds from operations (FFO) is rising and easily covering the dividend, it should have no problem keeping that streak of quarterly dividend hikes alive for the foreseeable future.

The company has a stellar track record of annual dividend hikes and it can still easily cover the dividend.

A dividend raise for the 35th straight year is a safe bet.