To keep earning higher rates of income, investors can rotate some of their holdings out of fixed income and into high-quality dividend stocks. These 15 offer particularly compelling prospects for the rest of 2024 and beyond: Popular Brokers : Popular Brokers Toyota Motor is one of the world's dominant automakers.

With the Federal Reserve expected to enter a long-tailed rate-cutting cycle, dividend-paying stocks with yields above the 3% mark are under the spotlight. For instance, AT&T (NYSE: T), a longtime favorite among income investors, has seen its stock surge approximately 30% year to date, outpacing the benchmark S&P 500.

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