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Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF is off to a good start this year +8.98%, while the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust is performing even better +10.39%. The top 10 stocks on the watchlist for April 2024 offer a 3.61% dividend yield, more than double the S&P 500. My top 10 list of high dividend yield stocks has generated an annualized rate of return of 16.32% since its inception in November 2020.

My Best Dividend Aristocrats For April 2024

The market caps of the Magnificent Seven (Microsoft, Nvidia, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla, Meta) have surpassed the stock market of some of the world's largest countries. The Mag 7 are great companies, but yield just 0.2%. Dividend growth stocks, including many of the Mag 7, are historically the best wealth and income growers.

In the last few years, any discussion on hydrogen stocks was incomplete without Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG ). The stock has, however, experienced a correction of almost 70% in the last 12 months.

Hydrogen stocks could get hot — that is if the Biden Administration loosens its new guidelines on hydrogen tax credits. If that happens, here are just a few of the top hydrogen stocks to buy.

On 3/28/24, Air Products & Chemicals will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $1.77, payable on 5/13/24. As a percentage of APD's recent stock price of $237.56, this dividend works out to approximately 0.75%, so look for shares of Air Products & Chemicals to trade 0.75% lower — all else being equal — when APD shares open for trading on 3/28/24.

Renewable energy stocks had a rough 2023. Between higher interest rates and a renewed focus on profitability, investors dumped a lot of more speculative stocks in the green energy space.

Among publicly traded securities, so-called socially responsible stocks may be one of the most controversial categories. Basically, an underlying assumption exists that if you support sustainable policies, you sacrifice profitability.

Just days ago, the Department of Energy announced a $750 million investment in 52 U.S. projects that will cut the cost of clean hydrogen and “reinforce America's global leadership in the growing clean hydrogen industry,” as noted by Energy.gov. All of which should be a sizable catalyst for hydrogen stocks.

Air Products And Chemicals Is A Key Player In Energy Transition