So here's the FUNNY PART about the dividend strategy....
I had a question about retirement savings the other day. Wether to invest in RISK assets for growth or "what". My advice was to invest in a higher paying dividend name -- with growth -- and let the compounding take hold.
The above chart kind of shows that the "growth only" method is pretty risky! Even though the S&P 500 is not considered risky - I would consider it risky since you'd be relying on the growth component only.... and you'd have made 75% more on your investment simply by reinvesting the dividends! That's damn near a double just for checking a simple box 'reinvest the dividend'.
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