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Thinking About Buying Dividend Stocks During the 2025 Nasdaq Bear Market? Consider These Risks First.

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ExxonMobil ( NYSE : XOM ) is a good example of a dividend stock that you can buy with confidence during a bear market.

ExxonMobil has raised its dividend for 42 consecutive years .

The company has the lowest debt-to-capital ratio of the major integrated U.S. and European oil and gas companies.

Dividend affordability and a strong balance sheet are part of the equation.

The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now and ExxonMobil wasn’t one of them.

The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years .

Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004 ... if you invested $ 1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $ 495,226 !.

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