Is This Dividend King a Buy for Income Investors?
No matter which way the market goes, the payouts of companies with decades of dividend growth behind them tend to go in one direction: up. Abbott Laboratories' (NYSE: ABT) 50-year dividend growth streak makes it one of just 43 Dividend Kings. With 113,000 employees and a presence in more than 160 countries, Abbott is among the largest healthcare companies in the world.