These 12 stocks are good bets to beat the 10-year Treasury over the next decade

These 12 stocks are good bets to beat the 10-year Treasury over the next decade These 12 stocks are good bets to beat the 10-year Treasury over the next decade Investment newsletters’ favorite ‘Dividend Aristocrat’ stocks “Dividend Aristocrats” are a long-term strategy, focusing on investment horizons longer than a decade. /iStock High-quality dividend-paying stocks are good bets to beat the 10-year Treasury over the next decade. This isn’t at all obvious, given current yields. The 10-year Treasury is currently yielding more than twice as much (4.9% versus 2.4%) as the S&P 500’s “Dividend Aristocrats” — stocks within the S&P 500 that have increased their dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years.

The 10-year would seem to be the far better bet. Copyright ©2026 MarketWatch, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 These 12 stocks are good bets to beat the 10-year Treasury over the next decade Watch out for Big Tech companies like Meta and Alphabet issuing more shares and diluting your stock ownership Hospital stocks rally while drugmakers brace for scrutiny.

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