Johnson & Johnson and the Contributions of Dividends to Total Return

With short-term interest rates still sitting well below 1%, and the prospects for economic growth in the U.S. bleak, there has been more focus on high-dividend paying stocks. This certainly makes sense in this environment. Stocks of companies that have a history of increasing dividends, even in tough economic times, should be in demand right now. Nobody wants to go through another decade of near 0% returns like the S&P 500 just had. One way to prepare for another decade of slow economic growth is to invest in high-dividend yield stocks that have shown they can weather tough economic times and even increase their dividends during such times.... Read more

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