The Morning Filter: Why 2026 Could Be a Breakout Year for Dividend Stocks

<p>Today on <i>The Long View, </i>we’re featuring an episode from another Morningstar podcast, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-morning-filter/id1792280057" target="_blank"><i>The Morning Filter</i></a><i>, </i>which you can subscribe to on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. </p><p>In this special episode of <i>The Morning Filter</i> podcast, co-host <a href="https://www.morningstar.com/people/susan-dziubinski" target="_blank">Susan Dziubinski</a> sits down with Morningstar columnist <a href="https://www.morningstar.com/people/dan-lefkovitz" target="_blank">Dan Lefkovitz</a> to take a deep dive into dividend stock investing today. They discuss what’s caused U.S. dividend stocks to lag this year while international dividend stocks have outperformed. Tune in to find out why the stock buyback boom is bad news for dividend seekers and what metrics investors should look at if they want to avoid dividend cuts.</p><p>They name drop a few undervalued stocks tha...