Value investors seeking the “hat trick” of growth, yield and safety should consider this technology leader.

Despite the financial media’s efforts to amp up the drama between earnings seasons, most dividend stocks that have reported earnings so far turn out to be in solid shape, with cash flows supporting their dividends.

The fact that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) – the largest market-cap stock in the universe — could miss earnings and yet stocks were able to shrug it off and rally huge today speaks volumes about the underlying strength in the market. When all the bears have left the building, only bulls are left.