Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM), AT&T Inc. (T), Apple Inc. (AAPL): These 15 Stocks Are the Most Generous Dividend-Payers in the Market

The other area where dividends are making a comeback is in financial stocks. Both Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) made dramatic dividend cuts during the financial crisis after receiving TARP bailouts, but since then, the companies have both bolstered their respective financial conditions. JPMorgan’s latest payout equals its dividend rate from before the 2009 cut, while Wells now pays six times what it did at the height of the crisis. So long as favorable trends in the banking industry last, the return of financial stocks to healthy dividend status will be a welcome turnaround for investors.

Don’t miss out on dividends
These blue-chip examples show how easy it is to get dividend income from your portfolio with promising stocks. With these companies returning billions of dollars to shareholders every year, there’s no reason why you should miss out on the opportunity they present now.

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Fool contributor Dan Caplinger owns shares of Apple and warrants on JPMorgan and Wells Fargo. You can follow him on Twitter @DanCaplinger. The Motley Fool recommends Apple and Wells Fargo. The Motley Fool owns shares of Apple, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, and Wells Fargo.

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