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Some of the most recognizable dividend stocks in the market have been paying shareholders with money they do not actually earn, and the accounting trail reveals exactly how far six of them have pushed that math.
Hurricanes, market crashes, and rate shocks tend to destroy dividend streaks, but a handful of insurance stocks are engineered to keep paying through all three. The catch is that each one carries a specific vulnerability most income investors overlook.
Rate expectations are shifting again, with softer US jobs data, falling Treasury yields and fresh Middle East risks pulling extra attention to Eurozone utilities and infrastructure groups that pay dividends. Income investors do not just want yield; they want resilience when policy headlines move markets overnight.…