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Merck CEO Robert Davis joins 'Mornings with Maria' to discuss the new $1 billion biologics manufacturing facility slated to be built in Wilmington, Delaware, and bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.

Verizon is the only Dow Dog meeting the ideal of annual dividends from $1K invested exceeding the single share price, supported by adequate free cash flow. Analyst projections suggest top Dow Dogs could net gains between 21.02% and 45.17% by May 2026, with an average net gain of 32.18%. 28 of 30 current Dow-listed stocks pay dividends. As of 5/1/25, the top ten ranged from 2.64%-6.26% by annual yield, and another top ten ranged from 18.06%-46.15% in broker-estimated target-price-upsides.

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. 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. In addition to the primary list that yields about 3.74%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, from moderate to high yields of up to 9%.

If you're looking for blue chip stocks, there's no better place to start than the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 1.39%). This index of 30 stocks rarely changes and represents some of the most timeless businesses you can find on Wall Street, including JPMorgan Chase, Walt Disney, and IBM.

Q2 2025 began with market volatility due to tariff announcements, resulting in SPY losing 0.87% and VYM declining by 3.54%. Since inception, my watchlist has a CAGR of 14.61%, outperforming SPY and VYM, and providing higher yields. The May 2025 watchlist includes 10 stocks with an average forward dividend yield of 3.59% and an expected return of 14.78%.

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Merck (MRK) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

While the strategy involves buying the Dogs of the Dow at the start of January, there are a few still worth betting on as markets regain lost ground.

The performance of healthcare companies is relatively uncorrelated with broader macroeconomic growth.

One great thing about a crash or downturn in the markets is that it can allow you to go bargain hunting fairly easily. Many stocks have been falling this year, and if you're a dividend investor, you know that means yields are rising as a result.

When the market is reaching toward all-time highs, I tend to start building a cash pile. When the market starts to get quite volatile and brings declines, that can create opportunities for putting some of that cash to work. With April's market slump, putting cash to work is exactly what I was doing; today, we are looking at 3 of the names that I added to during this market decline.