Great Dividend Payers In Medical Technology

This was posted late today on Investopedia. 
I would clearly have included Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in the list, if not for the fact that Investopedia does not allow writers to even mention stocks they own. I do own shares of JNJ.

Here is the article: 

There are a lot of solid reasons for investors to include medical technology stocks in their portfolios. The healthcare sector has grown faster than the economy and seems poised to continue to do so, and the more established names in this field routinely post excellent returns on capital. Better still, medical technology is generally spared the feast-famine cycle of patent expirations that bedevil the pharmaceutical sector.  

Now we can add another reason to like medical device stocks - dividends. As many investors already know, the stocks of companies that pay dividends tend to outperform those that do not. When you combine the advantages of dividend-paying stocks with the advantages of medical technology stocks, you have a powerful mix.

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