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In stark contrast with the broader stock markets, British American Tobacco (BAT) has made gains in 2025 so far. From a big picture perspective, the safety of defensives at this time of macroeconomic uncertainty, along with the assured returns reflected in its healthy dividend yield work in its favour. Additionally, the company's fundamentals look good. Not only has it effectively met the risk to profits from litigation settlement, its new categories segment is growing too.

Investors love dividend stocks, especially the ultra-high-yield variety because they offer a significant income stream and have massive total return potential.

Liberation Day saw markets plummet due to reciprocal tariffs, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq falling by approximately 7.9%, erasing last year's gains. Despite the market's knee-jerk reaction, I believe there isn't enough data to support the rapid descent in equities and remain optimistic. The Dividend Harvesting Portfolio experienced its largest weekly loss but continues to generate significant dividend income, reinforcing my confidence in its long-term strategy.

Investors love dividend stocks, especially high-yield varieties, because they offer a significant income stream and have substantial total return potential.

A new set of U.S. import taxes has riled global markets and led to a steep sell-off on Wall Street. Investors are, understandably, running for cover.

These are scary times to be sure. The Nasdaq Composite entered bear market territory, while a bunch of individual stocks have fallen more than the requisite 20%.

British American Tobacco p.l.c. is on the right track to achieve its operational goal. British American Tobacco's overall revenue decreased by 5.2% in 2024 compared to 2023, and it was 1.3% lower than the 2022 figures. Government regulations, legal battles, and trade war uncertainties will challenge British American Tobacco.

The big reason to buy British American Tobacco (BTI -4.63%) is its lofty 7.1% dividend yield. That's an attractive yield, but the broader market is yielding something around 1.2%, and the average consumer staples stock's yield is 2.6%.

Most people don't like seeing stock prices go down. It triggers a very natural emotional response associated with pain and loss.

This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering significant discounts to their historical norms. The market is volatile with economic uncertainties, but investing consistently in solid dividend-paying stocks with reasonable valuations is a good idea. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks.