One no-brainer dividend stock on my radar is Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT). Despite the inflationary decade in the 1970s, the Dot-com bubble of 2000, the Great Recession in 2008-09, and the pandemic of 2020, Federal Realty increased its payout -- a testament to its business and cash management. It strategically selected first-ring suburbs, or communities close to city centers, in nine major metro markets with high barriers to entry.