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3 Supercharged Dividend Stocks to Buy in the Stock Market Sell-Off

Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool
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3 Supercharged Dividend Stocks to Buy in the Stock Market Sell-Off
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Stock market crashes and corrections happen. A bear market of at least a 20% decline will also eventually happen again, maybe even this month. St. Louis Fed president James Bullard said it's a "fantasy" to believe the worst inflation the U.S. has experienced in 40 years could be tamed by tiptoeing around it.

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