2 Dividend Investment Strategy Fallacies

[@geopepsi3524]

You should probably do a video outlining finding a "safe" dividend paying stock and showing how total return, not just the dividend, is the real focus. For myself, my local utility stock, AEP, has nice balance total return with dividend a decent 5-year CAGR.

[@chumbawumba1959]

Dividend yield offers some protection on share price, and has added benefit of providing some periodic payments. As long as stable/safe dividend. Whether the protection is real or not given market dynamics, dividend yielding stocks are typically more favorable to keep for most small retail investors when needing to sell for raising cash. imho

[@slimdawgwoof]

Dividends = tax drag implications in taxable accounts. Not gonna have them there. Better to have value in a retirement acct.