6 Strong Dividends With Room to Grow

I used to think dividend stocks were boring. But dividends can offer a growing bonus on top of the stock-price appreciation most of us look for in our investments. That's pretty exciting to me, and for anyone who wants to make money in the market. The evidence is compelling. Between 1871 and 2003, 97% of stocks' return came from reinvesting dividends. Just 3% came from the price appreciation of the original investment in shares. And from 1980 to 2005, dividend payers outperformed non-payers by more than 2.6 percentage points per year.... Read more