Everyone loves to own a stock that pays out dividends through good times and bad. Companies that pay an increasing dividend each year allow you to enjoy a larger flow of passive income over time. Blue-chip companies, REITs and even smaller businesses have built up a track record of increasing their dividends every year. Their reliability and resilience make them perfect candidates for an investment portfolio that can withstand a recession. Although my investment portfolio contains these four dividend-paying stocks, I wished I had owned them sooner. Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX: S68) Singapore Exchange Limited, or SGX, is Singapore’s sole stock exchange operator. The bourse operator offers a comprehensive range of securities for investors and fund managers to buy and sell. I scooped up shares of SGX back in 2018 when it was paying out an annual dividend of S$0.30 per share. Fast forward to today, and SGX has increased its dividend to...