Investors often turn to dividend stocks during periods of high inflation and slowing economic growth because of their reliability and stability. Such stocks also tend to outperform non-dividend paying ones.

The asset managers at Hartford Funds found that between 1930 and 1921 there has never been a decade when dividend stocks in the S&P 500 didn't generate positive returns. Even during the so-called "lost decade" of the 2000s when the index declined, income-generating stocks posted 1.8% gains. 

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