Most active investors desire to earn above-average returns. Otherwise, they'd simply passively invest in an S 500 index fund and call it a day, since that would provide them with market-average returns with little effort.

Earning above-average returns isn't always easy, though. However, one strategy has delivered them with a fair degree of consistency over the years: investing in dividend stocks, specifically dividend growers and initiators. As the data clearly showcases, they've historically delivered above-average returns:

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