Want an Extra $1,000 of Reliable Dividend Income This Year? Invest $10,510 in These 2 Dividend-Paying Stocks
Some investors try to beat the stock market while others simply want to build a reliable stream of passive income to fuel their retirement dreams. The good news for all of us is that you don't have to choose.
Folks who buy shares of the best dividend-paying businesses they can find have a great chance of beating the market, and there are numbers to prove it. During the almost 50 years between 1973 and 2022, the benchmark S 500 index delivered a 7.68% average annual return. Dividend-paying stocks in the same index rose 9.18% annually on average, according to Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research.
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