3 Dividend Stocks to Buy if the Stock Market Crashes
Since the end of the Great Recession, growth stocks have pretty much left everything else eating their dust. But pan out over the very long-term and you'll see that dividend stocks are the real moneymakers.
In 2013, J.P. Morgan Asset Management released a report that compared to performance of companies that initiated and grew a dividend to companies that didn't pay a dividend over a four-decade stretch (1972-2012). Unsurprisingly, the dividend-paying stocks obliterated the non-dividend payers with an annual average return of 9.5%, compared to 1.6% for the non-payers. I say "unsurprisingly" because dividend stocks are often profitable, time-tested, and have clear long-term outlooks. They're beacons of profitability for investors, and they're the perfect place to consider putting your money to work when a stock market crash strikes.
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