{"id":55700,"date":"2022-07-02T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/4-of-the-safest-dividend-stocks-retirees-can-confidently-buy-right-now"},"modified":"2022-07-02T09:21:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T09:21:00","slug":"4-of-the-safest-dividend-stocks-retirees-can-confidently-buy-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/4-of-the-safest-dividend-stocks-retirees-can-confidently-buy-right-now","title":{"rendered":"4 of the Safest Dividend Stocks Retirees Can Confidently Buy Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a trying time to be an investor. Through the first six months of 2022, the Dow Jones Industrial Average , S&amp;P 500 , and Nasdaq Composite , have respectively plunged by 15%, 21%, and 30%. It&#8217;s the worst start to the first half of a year for the S&amp;P 500 since 1970. While big declines in the stock market are known for testing investors&#8217; resolve, they can be especially worrisome for retirees looking to generate income from equities. Though yield is important for seniors, preserving and\/or steadily growing their initial investment is also essential. The good news is that there are rock-solid, time-tested dividend stocks that offer a long track record of delivering for their shareholders. Here are four of the safest dividend stocks retirees can confidently buy right now. Image source: Getty Images. Johnson &amp; Johnson: 2.55% yield Perhaps the safest dividend stock on the planet for retirees is healthcare conglomerate Johnson &amp; Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) . In<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retirees can rest easy owning these passive income powerhouses, which range in yield between 1.9% and 7.6%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[27,29,277,28],"class_list":["post-55700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-stocks","tag-economy","tag-markets","tag-nyse","tag-stocks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}