I highly suggest you look into Chris Cole's stuff...He's a big long VIX guy. Research articles are next level. https://www.artemiscm.com/research-market-views
Farmland (annual crops like corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, etc...) 2-4% annual yield on top of valuation increases in list below (corn/soybean ground) Acretrader.com or Farmtogether.com (crowdfunding) FPI (equity) Farmland vs. S&P by year.
Dividend growers? You mean like AT&T which has a great yield of 6%? HAH! Boy, let's take a look at the awesome power of a dividend grower... Sorry, no, it sucks ass. I should know, I am long.
Maybe Blue was thinking profitable ... capital gains-wise. Sitting and watching the grass grow while big Redwoods reach for the clouds ain't too exciting for those looking for income and appreciation.
"Profitable" as in "doing better than B&H in SPY/SPX"? Or "well, it did have a return of >$0 for the last 20 years..."? Again: all depends on which rubber ruler you're using. Got any "dividend growers" that beat the market long-term? More to the point: any that are guaranteed to do so in the future? Because that's what the OP is ultimately asking for.
Passionate kiss Passionate kiss in both bull and bear markets is like spider's web and always leads to undoing of fly
Outside of hindsight? Nothing. Now, can you come up with a stock that will - not has, but will - perform that way in the future? Because - again - that's the only thing that will fit the parameters (no or minimal risk, upside only) as originally requested.