Among the top income-producing picks to outpace inflation are so-called Dividend Aristocrats like Clorox (NYSE: CLX) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) ... companies that have raised their dividends for at least 25 consecutive years. While some retirees may have some room in their portfolios for risk-laden growth names, as a whole, most people looking to live off their savings and investments will want to overweight their holdings with less volatile dividend stocks. Although most dividend-paying companies only offer quarterly payouts, the total amount of collected payments from a portfolio of dividend stocks is pretty steady over three-month stretches.