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Dividend paying stocks are from cash cow companies that attract investors not with growth but with a dividend. Many of them are heavily leveraged to take advantage of tax reduction from the payment of debt with their predictable cash. However, if they have a lot of debt, the current interest rate increases are possibly putting a dent in their calculations. Not sure a highly indebted company is a good place to store money in an increasing interest rate situation. Apple and microsoft offer dividends but they are not high.