3 Bargain Dividends Investors Should Buy Today
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Austin Smith of the Motley Fool suggests three bargain companies that also have strong dividends. In this environment, this is an appealing combination.

We have already mentioned that high yields may mask underlying problems so it's important to ensure that the companies are fundamentally strong.

Austin's three picks are:

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). The health-care giant yields an impressive 3.7%, well above the market average of 2%
Intel's (Nasdaq: INTC) is the world's largest semiconductor company, it has the money -- $15 billion in cash and short-term investments
Philip Morris (NYSE: PM) has yields a solid 4.2% and has the ingredients of a long-term winner if you can overlook their product

This is not a balanced portfolio with only three choices but we will compare this with our ETF benchmark of a balanced portfolio of Dividend producing ETFs and see what conclusions we can draw.

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