30 dividend-paying stocks in solid sectors with upside outside the AI hype, according to a 30-year fund manager

• Max Wasserman manages a portfolio of 30 dividend-paying stocks.
• He adds positions he expects will be good bets for the next three to seven years.
• He bets on companies he believes are also well-priced. 

Inflation cooled in July from a year ago. And while the consumer price index is a far cry from last year’s peak above 9%, it remains elevated.

In July, core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices and looks at housing, household goods and services, and transportation, sat at 4.7%.