7 good dividend stocks to buy

1. Ventas, Inc. (VTR)
Sector: Healthcare
Market capitalization: 25$ billion
Dividend yield: 4%
Price change YTD: +30%
The company focuses in the healthcare sector, mainly investing in free space for medical offices and hospitals. Their profitability is not influenced by crisis and sudden changes in the economy.

2. Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR)
Sector: Technology
Market capitalization : 16$ billion
Dividend yield : 3.2%
Price change YTD: +47%
DLR is the perfect hybrid between an evolving technological company and a firm with high dividend yield. The reason is because it invest in servers, which than lends to its customers.

3. McDonald’s Corporation (MCD)
Sector: Restaurants
Market capitalization: 106$ billion
Dividend yield: 3%
Price change YTD : 2.2%
MCD is not influenced  by problems of the countries in which it operates, thanks to its low prices and huge range of products.

4. Philip Morris International Inc. (PM)
Sector: Cigarette and Tobacco
Market capitalization: 158$ billion
Dividend yield: 4%
Price change YTD: 16%
Although the increase in production and consumption regulations for tobacco products, the demand for these types of goods is relatively strong.

5. Public Storage (PSA)
Sector: Storage and rental space
Market capitalization: 44$ billion
Dividend yield: 2.8%
Price changes form the beginning of the year: +4.8%
The income from tenantry are around 1,7$ billion yearly. Shares of the company  are suitable for investors, who are looking for low risk levels and good returns.

6. Spectra Energy Partners, LP (SEP)
Sector: Oil and Gas
Market capitalization: 14$ billion
Dividend yield: 5.6%
Price changes YTD: -2%
The company holds pipelines connected to the Northwest and Gulf bay, a region where many other corporations produce oil.

7. American Water Works Company Inc (AWK)
Sector: Water
Price capitalization: 15$ billion .
Dividend yield: 1.8%
Price changes form YTD: +41%
The company has a huge growth potential. The firm deals with processing of waste waters and delivers clean water to homes in America and Canada.