6 Dividend Stocks the Bull Won't Leave Behind

Dividend stocks have attracted the attention of investors across the globe in recent years. But even though most investors have come to appreciate the substantial regular income that dividend stocks provide, one thing that most investors don't expect from dividend stocks is strong earnings growth. That led me to ask the obvious question: Do dividend investors really have to sacrifice any chance of scoring big capital gains -- or are there some stocks that let investors have their cake and eat it, too? Why dividends became more important than everBefore 2008, relatively few investors paid much attention to dividend stocks. With many dividend-paying stocks being seen as mature companies that were past their prime and didn't have any real growth left in them, looking to stocks to provide income was seen as something that only conservative investors did. And as long as the bull market lasted, investors could get better returns by chasing big capital gains from hot stocks in sectors like housing and commodities.... Read more