Washington REIT: Differentiated By Decades Of Durable Dividends

In The Intelligent Investor, by Ben Graham, the legendary author writes, "the defensive investor must confine himself to the shares of important companies with a long record of profitable operations and in strong financial condition." And Graham further explains the test of an intelligent operation as "one of the most persuasive tests of high-quality with an uninterrupted record of dividend payments going back over many years. Graham adds "that a record of continuous dividend payments for the last twenty years or more is an important plus factor in the company's quality rating." Within every industry, there are leaders and laggards and the leaders are typically the companies that have demonstrated the... Read more

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