Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) Among The Stocks Can Secure Your Financial Future

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In 2012, Wal-Mart returned $13 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks. Furthermore, in conjunction with the quarterly and full-year results, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) announced it will increase its fiscal 2014 dividend by 18%. Wal-Mart has increased its dividend every year since the first declared dividend of $0.05 per share in March 1974. The dividend has doubled over the past five years.

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These stocks provide returns no matter the prevailing economic environment. Their business models have wide ‘moats,’ a term frequently used by Warren Buffett to describe companies whose industries have wide barriers to entry. In addition, the products they sell are purchased in good or bad economies, and as a result, these stocks provide rising profits and dividend increases on an annual basis.

In fact, McDonald’s and Wal-Mart were the only two members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average to rise in price in 2008, when the United States was embroiled in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. These three stocks aren’t the flashiest new ideas, and they don’t get a lot of attention from the financial media. What they can offer you, however, is a stable, dependable way to earn consistent returns over time and secure your financial future.

Robert Ciura owns shares of McDonald’s. The Motley Fool recommends McDonald’s and Wells Fargo. The Motley Fool owns shares of McDonald’s and Wells Fargo.

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