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title: "Billionaires Are Buying 4 High-Yield Dividend Blue Chips Hand Over Fist"
description: "Billionaire hedge funds are increasingly investing in high-yield blue-chip dividend stocks, anticipating a decline in federal funds rates to 3% by 2026. These stocks are favored for their reliable inc"
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# Billionaires Are Buying 4 High-Yield Dividend Blue Chips Hand Over Fist

> Billionaire hedge funds are increasingly investing in high-yield blue-chip dividend stocks, anticipating a decline in federal funds rates to 3% by 2026. These stocks are favored for their reliable income streams and potential for significant total returns. Notable investors like Ken Griffin and Ray Dalio are acquiring shares in companies such as AGNC Investment, AT&T, and Pfizer, which offer attractive dividends of 13.89%, 5.15%, and 5.81%, respectively. This trend highlights a strategic move towards safe, dependable investments as market indices reach all-time highs.

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-   Big money hedge funds are buying high-yield blue chips, expecting rates to drop further.
-   Wall Street sees the federal funds rate at 3% by 2026.
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**Investors love** dividend stocks, especially the blue-chip high-yield variety because they offer a significant income stream and have massive total return potential. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and distributions realized over time. In other words, the total return on an investment or a portfolio consists of income and stock appreciation.

**For example**, if you buy a stock at $20 that pays a 3% dividend, and it goes up to $22 in a year, your total return is 13%. That is, 10% for the increase in stock price and 3% for the dividends paid.

**After a thorough** search of recent 13-F filings, we have determined that some billionaire investors and hedge fund managers are scooping up high-yield blue-chip dividend stocks because they know what we all know. Rates will continue to trend lower, and quality stocks offering safe and dependable passive income streams will be in demand, especially with all major indices at all-time highs.

**Ken Griffin** from Citadel, Israel Englander from Millennium, Steve Cohen from Point72, and Ray Dalio from Bridgewater were all snagging shares of old-school legacy-dividend blue chips, and there is a good chance they will continue to scale buy shares as they wait for the next Federal Reserve move that likely comes after the election in November.

**These are** the four stocks these top-flight managers have been buying.

## **Why do we cover dividend stocks?**

**Dividend stocks provide** investors with reliable streams of passive income. Passive income is characterized by its ability to generate revenue without requiring the earner’s continuous active effort, making it a desirable financial strategy for those seeking to diversify their income streams or achieve financial independence.

## AGNC Investment

**This company** has paid solid monthly dividends for years; its current yield is 13.89%. AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) in the United States.

**The company** invests in residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which a United States government-sponsored enterprise or agency guarantees the principal and interest payments.

**AGNC Investment** funds its investments primarily through collateralized borrowings structured as repurchase agreements. It has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code 1986. However, it would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders.

## AT&T

**The legacy** telecommunications company has been undergoing a lengthy restructuring while lowering its dividend, which still stands at 5.15%. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) provides worldwide telecommunications, media, and technology services. Its Communications segment offers wireless voice and data communications services.

**AT&T sells** through its company-owned stores, agents, and third-party retail stores:

-   Handsets
-   Wireless data cards
-   Wireless computing devices
-   Carrying cases
-   Hands-free devices

**AT&T** also provides:

-   Data
-   Voice
-   Security
-   Cloud solutions
-   Outsourcing
-   Managed and professional services
-   Customer premises equipment for multinational corporations, small and mid-sized businesses, and governmental and wholesale customers

**In addition**, this segment offers residential customers broadband fiber and legacy telephony voice communication services.

**It markets** its communications services and products under:

-   AT&T
-   Cricket
-   AT&T PREPAID
-   AT&T Fiber

**The company’s** Latin America segment provides wireless services in Mexico and video services in Latin America. This segment markets its services and products under the AT&T and Unefon brands.

## Pfizer

**This top pharmaceutical** stock was a massive winner in the COVID-19 vaccine sweepstakes but has been beaten down over the last year as many are not getting boosters. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) discovers, develops, manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells biopharmaceutical products worldwide and pays a hefty 5.81% dividend, which has risen yearly for the last 14 years.

**The company** offers medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, including:

-   Cardiovascular metabolic and women’s health under the Premarin family and Eliquis brands
-   Biologics, small molecules, immunotherapies, and biosimilars under the Ibrance, Xtandi, Sutent, Inlyta, Retacrit, Lorbrena, and Braftovi brands
-   Sterile injectable and anti-infective medicines and oral COVID-19 treatment under the Sulperazon, Medrol, Zavicefta, Zithromax, Vfend, Panzyga, and Paxlovid brands.

**Pfizer also** provides medicines and vaccines in various therapeutic areas, such as:

-   Pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease, tick-borne encephalitis
-   COVID-19 under the Comirnaty/BNT162b2, Nimenrix, FSME/IMMUN-TicoVac, Trumenba, and the Prevnar family brands  
    Biosimilars for chronic immune and inflammatory diseases under the Xeljanz, Enbrel, Inflectra, Eucrisa/Staquis, and Cibinqo brands
-   Amyloidosis, hemophilia, and endocrine diseases under the Vyndaqel/Vyndamax, BeneFIX, and Genotropin brands

**Trading not far** from its lowest split-adjusted level in thirteen years, the stock is an incredible bargain at current levels and pays a massive dividend. Pfizer reported revenues of $13.3 billion in the second quarter, representing 3% year-over-year operational growth, despite an expected decline in COVID revenues and a 14% year-over-year operational increase in revenues from the company’s non-COVID product portfolio.

**The pharmaceutical** giant raised full-year 2024 revenue guidance to $59.5 to $62.5 billion and lifted adjusted diluted EPS guidance to $2.45 to $2.65. Patient investors will get paid one of the highest blue-chip dividends, and shares trade at a reasonable 9.88 times estimated 2025 earnings.

## Verizon

**This top** telecommunications company offers tremendous value, trading at 9.5 times estimated 2025 earnings and paying investors a strong 6.08% dividend. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), through its subsidiaries, provides communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide.

**It operates** in two segments:

-   Verizon Consumer Group
-   Verizon Business Group

**The Consumer** segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements.

**Verizon also provides** fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks and related equipment and devices, such as:

-   Smartphones
-   Tablets
-   Smartwatches and other wireless-enabled connected devices

**The segment** also offers wireline services in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States, including the District of Columbia, through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network.

**The Business** segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including:

-   FWA broadband
-   Data
-   Video and conferencing
-   Corporate networking
-   Security and managed network
-   Local and long-distance voice
-   Network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally

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