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All Hail the Dividend

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Historically dividends make-up about 2/3rds of stock returns. The S&P 500 has a miniscule dividend yield of 1.95%. That’s not saying much for future stock returns. That’s why we continue to pound the pavement for yields twice that. More on dividends in The WSJ:

Ultimately, dividends drive long-term shareholder performance. From 1970 to 2012, the dividend yield accounted for about two-thirds of real stock-market returns in major markets, Credit Suisse notes.

Sometimes the market appears to forget that in its enthusiasm for the latest fad offering the prospect of large price appreciation. But with fixed-income yields so suppressed, high-dividend stocks still are worth a close look.

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E.J. Smith

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com.