Lilguy

Dividend Paying Stocks: You Only Have to Be Lucky Once

Interesting article, but a little too anecdotal for my comfort. I'd like to see a more systematic historical analysis of dividend vs. non-dividend paying stocks in this strategy (vs. Red or Black at the roulette wheel).

Moreover, they certainly is a situational element to the strategy: Right now, in our recession, it makes a lot of sense to be in dividend-paying stocks (if one is in any stocks), but it probably makes sense to move to growth (non-dividend paying) stocks during a period of strong economic growth.

Without a little more comprehensive analysis, this is just an interesting tidbit of speculation.