The post-election rally has taken stock markets, which were already trading at frothy levels, to new highs. This naturally makes value-focused dividend growth investors nervous about investing new money into anything right now. Fortunately, there are still great dividend growth stocks that for one reason or another are trading at attractive not too pricey levels. We used our Dividend Safety Scores to find companies with safe dividend payments.

These scores successfully flagged Kinder Morgan , ConocoPhillips , StoneMor Partners and other high-yielding stocks as being high risks before these companies announced dividend cuts.

Income investors can learn more about Dividend Safety Scores and view their real-time track record by clicking here. That's due to one of the industry's best management teams, which has built up a diverse portfolio of 30 lifestyle and apparel brands including Vans, Wrangler, Nautica, Timberland and The North Face. And while most corporate acquisitions fail to deliver accretive shareholder value, VF Corp.

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Despite its large size, VF Corp. This ensures that the quality management teams at acquired companies stay on for decades and then can be tapped to lead the mother company when infrequent management turnover does occur.

Or to put it another way, in addition to exemplary current management, VF Corp. Better yet, VF Corp. All of which means that today is an excellent time to acquire one of the best apparel companies in America, a company that is likely to continue delivering fantastic income growth and market-beating total returns in the years to come.

Investors can read my full thesis on VFC here. Amazon, Costco and Walmart are all there really is out there. Congressman Tom Reed said the Republicans are trying to improve health care in America, not hurt it. The executives stressed the benefits the agreement has led to, however, added that they were willing to work with the administration on a 'modernization' of the deal.

Jim Cramer's take on stocks of interest to viewers includes positive comments on Berkshire Hathaway. It's one of the largest purveyors of consumer goods and owns such well-known brands as Pampers, Luvs, Gillette and Charmin.

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Fortunately, management has undertaken a multiyear turnaround plan that involved selling off of its least successful brands. The company operates in three main segments: And thanks to a strong pipeline of drugs designed to treat heart failure, cancer and unmet disease needs which have strong pricing power , Novartis' recent troubles are likely to pass.

That means the recent selloff represents a great chance to buy world-class dividend growth at a very attractive price.

Despite some harsh growth headwinds courtesy of slowing global economic growth, and a strong dollar, Emerson has managed to show a strong Founded in , Emerson Electric's conservative, slow and steady corporate culture has allowed it to endure dozens of economic and interest rate cycles to become one of the global leaders in industrial automation, climate control systems and electronics.

Over the past 20 years, the company's dividend has a compound annual growth rate of 7. Add to this a strong potential growth catalyst in the HVAC division, which should benefit from a strong rebound in construction, both residential and industrial, and Emerson is well poised for an earnings boom in the coming years.

Lastly, the company is making strong inroads into fast-growing emerging markets, which should provide it with a long growth runway that should help it to enrich long-term dividend investors for decades to come. Thanks to strong performance from its actively managed funds, the company has seen organic asset growth of 2. Invesco offers investors some solid overseas diversification.

Concerns about slow growth on that continent and Brexit have pressured Invesco shares lower recently. But that just creates a great long-term buying opportunity. Invesco's current dividend yield of 3. And with a great long-term dividend growth track record 9. In addition, Invesco is growing quickly overseas, especially in Asia, where fast-growing economies leave hundreds of millions of newly minted middle- and upper-class people eager to invest their money into trusted global brands such as this.

Shares of Simon Property Group have fallen even more: That low payout ratio, combined with ongoing strong cash flow growth of 6. That's thanks to a solid management team led by CEO David Simon.

Simon's expertise in the industry, as well as his focus on upscale mall properties that are less likely to be disrupted by the rise of e-commerce, has helped to insulate Simon Property Group behind a wide moat that also gives it strong pricing power.

In fact, this year the company was able to raise its base minimum rent by an impressive 4. While it's obviously too early to call a bottom to the recent REIT rout, Simon Property Group's selloff, which is approaching bear market territory, certainly makes now a good opportunity to open or add to one's position. Fifty-eight percent of Unilever's sales come from emerging markets, which means owning this stock is a great way to gain exposure to some of the world's fastest-growing economies.

Yet investors still benefit from a generous, highly secure and steadily growing deividend. Remember that Unilever still has a lot going for it, including a wide moat derived from its immense global distribution network and massive economies of scale. In addition, fighting for market share often comes down to securing sufficient shelf space in retail locations. In fact Unilever's strong branding power means that it can raise prices and thus, its already strong profits over time.

Return on invested capital jumped to All of this means that Unilever remains one of the strongest dividend growth blue-chips you can own in your portfolio, and thanks to the recent postearnings freakout, you can now pick up shares at a nice discount.

More importantly for dividend investors, this blue-chip drug king has an impressive track record when it comes to rewarding income investors with growing dividends. Dividends have grown at a 9.

To help keep the growth train rolling Pfizer has historically been one of the biggest acquirers in its industry. Allergan is a holding in Jim Cramer's Action Alerts PLUS Charitable Trust Portfolio.

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These high-profile failures have resulted in Wall Street analysts pressuring the company to break itself into two companies. Management wisely chose not to do this, however. Better yet, unlike many pharmaceutical companies that hit high-yield status only in the face of falling sales and earnings, Pfizer is actually growing nicely.

Add to this the 91 other drugs Pfizer has in its development pipeline, including a biosimilar i. At today's undervalued share price that would mean 9. This allowed them to easily sail through the financial crisis largely unaffected.

Better yet, while you might think that a Canadian bank might have limited growth potential thanks to the small size of its home market, that couldn't be further from the truth. Competition is limited by Canadian law, which is why that key profitability metric has remained sustainably high over time. Meanwhile, growth comes from the fact that Scotiabank is Canada's most international-facing bank, with 21 million customers in 55 countries, including multiple Latin American nations.

The loans from its international segments are higher-yielding, but riskier, offering lower returns on equity thanks to a net charge-off rate of 3.

This just goes to show that the famed conservative banking culture that has served investors so well for decades is well represented in its overseas underwriting. Not surprisingly Scotiabank's impressive performance has resulted in strong returns, including a With a year compound annual dividend growth rate of 9.

That said, Spectra Energy Partners is one of the safer options you can own for several reasons. This means it has plenty of liquidity available now. With a rock-solid distribution coverage ratio of 1. My own growth models corroborate this growth rate, which means that Spectra Energy Partners, at the current unit price should be capable of generating about On a risk-adjusted basis, those potential returns look even better Thanks to its ultraconservative management, rock-solid payout coverage, fortress-like balance sheet, and a massive growth runway, Spectra Energy Partners represents one of the best income growth opportunities in the market today.

Which means that today is the perfect time to open or add to a position in this MLP. Action Alerts PLUS is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc. You are using an outdated browser.

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