2 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks Billionaires Are Selling, and the Surprising High-Octane Income Stock They Can't Stop Buying
Wall Street provides a pathway for patient investors of all walks to grow their wealth. But among these seemingly countless strategies, few have generated more consistent returns than buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks over long periods.
Recently, Hartford Funds updated a report that, in collaboration with Ned Davis Research, examined the performance of dividend-paying stocks to non-payers over the last 50 years (1973-2023). Hartford Funds found that dividend payers delivered a 9.17% average annual return over a half-century and were about 6% less volatile the benchmark S&P 500. By comparison, the non-payers managed a far less-impressive 4.27% annual average return over a half-century and were 18% more volatile than S&P 500.
Companies that regularly share a percentage of their earnings with investors tend to be profitable on a recurring basis and time-tested. In other words, they have the right ingredients to increase in value over the long run.
Source Fool.com
