When I invest it’s usually because I think “I like this dividend yield.”
I can buy, forget and auto-reinvest the dividends. Stock price swings are not particularly interesting if you never plan to sell.
I can buy, forget and auto-reinvest the dividends. Stock price swings are not particularly interesting if you never plan to sell.
That's a pretty sophomoric way to look at investing. Many companies provide no dividends. Many give large dividends, but their stock value decreases.
Obviously, when considering an investment, one considers both the dividends and potential growth of the underlying asset together.
The S&P 500 has pretty consistently had yields of 10-15% over the last 100 years. It makes more sense to invest in a "boring" ETF that follows the market making 10% than a "boring" stock that yields 5%.
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