"2024 Outlook: Top Dividend Stocks Forecasted for Record Payouts"

Apple, Air Products and Chemicals, and MSC Industrial Direct are expected to deliver record-high payouts to shareholders in 2024. Apple's low dividend yield is due to its prioritization of buybacks over dividends, but it has the potential to become a high-yield dividend stock. Air Products has a long history of raising dividends and offers a compelling option for income and value investors. MSC Industrial Direct faces challenges in the current manufacturing sector slowdown but is expected to improve as conditions change, offering a well-covered dividend yield of 3.3% for investors.