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If you're an income investor, inflation can be your worst enemy. However, there are some excellent stocks with multidecade track records of increasing their payout every year, and faster than the rate of inflation. In this video, you'll hear about two great dividend growth stocks -- including one that has a 56-year record of consecutive dividend raises -- that could help your portfolio income beat inflation.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 25, 2024. The video was published on April 27, 2024.

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