The S&P 500 High Dividend Index, which includes 80 stocks with high yields, has returned 3.6% to date.

The threat of stagflation looms, with inflation rampant and the economy likely to slow down. Bank of America has appropriate investing ideas.

Jim Cramer says investors need to accept the forces of inflation, and view everything through the lens of the Fed and via the situation in Ukraine.

Against the backdrop of a European land war, surging inflation and slowing growth, there are plenty of stocks that have dropped for nervy investors to consider.

'We rely on income from dividends to help when markets become volatile,' Ryan Fause of Pinnacle Associates told Reuters.

"Supply chain challenges and persistent delays significantly limited the brand's responsive abilities" to changing consumer trends, CEO Sonia Syngal told investors Thursday.

"We believe the slowdown was caused by the spending pressure our consumers felt from higher gas prices and broader inflation," said CEO Bruce Thorn.

Costco took in $984 million in new membership fee in its fiscal third quarter, helping the bulk retailer top Street forecasts for topline revenues.