A quarterly dividend payment from a high-quality stock may be as close to a sure thing as an investor can find on Wall Street. Even during periods of broad market weakness, the lower a stock's price falls,

SA Quant identifies high-quality, income-generating stocks that can help offset losses for volatile markets and provide investors with a passive income stream.

Tobacco titan Altria (NYSE: MO) has long been a solid dividend-paying company. It remains one today -- and it's offering a fat dividend yield, recently 7.8%. It's generally smart to seek out dividends growing at a good clip,

As the U.S. stock market experiences a notable upswing, with major indices like the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average posting their best weekly gains in months, investors are increasingly looking toward dividend stocks as a stable source of income amidst the volatility.

Mid-America Apartment Communities has delivered durable dividend income to its investors over the decades. I've been loading my retirement portfolio with high-quality dividend-paying stocks. While I love the passive income they produce,