3 Dividend Stocks for In-the-Know Investors

While traders spend time chasing rumors and tips trying to capture quick profits in the stock market, in-the-know investors understand that this method of investing rarely pays off. Often, it turns what shouldbe a profitable venture -- owning stocks -- into a money-loser. Smart investors know that a far easier method of investing also happens to work much better: Pay a good value for high-quality companies, and then sit on your hands.

By investing in a basket of great companies for the long term, you get to participate in the growth of those businesses, which should result in increasing the value of your investment far better than trying to guess your way to riches.