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Many companies pay dividends. However, some dividend stocks are better suited for investors seeking income than others because of the durability of their cash flows and the strength of their financial profiles. Those features enable them to pay attractive dividends that steadily grow, even through more challenging periods.

NextEra Energy (NEE -0.91%) and Realty Income (O 0.58%) are two such dividend stocks.

Stock	Price ($)	Change Percent
Tesla	276.48	-3.75%
Apple Inc	199.28	-2.77%
Starbucks	82.91	-2.03%
Diamondback Energy	134.16	-1.88%
Netflix	1,136.03	-1.74%

• Dow Jones is up 0.13% to 41,370.33.

The Retirement Savings for Americans Act, which would offer a federally-run program for uncovered low- and middle-income workers, was reintroduced in the Senate last week by Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO), after being reintroduced in the House April 7 by Representative Lloyd Smucker (R-PA).

If you are looking to invest in a mutual fund, it is vital to examine the scheme’s past returns and compare them with schemes in the same category. Although past returns do not guarantee future returns, they definitely give an indication of the scheme’s future prospects.

Here, we list eight value mutual funds which have delivered over 25 per cent annual returns in the past five years.

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