From Dividend Growth Investor:
As an individual investor and blogger I do what I preach. I have a dividend portfolio which consists of almost 40 individual issues, most of them dividend achievers or aristocrats.
I often get criticized by readers for writing about stocks which many seem to have a low current yield, despite having a history of increasing in dividends. Those readers believe that finding a high yielding stock is the best income play for the long term. In other words stocks that pay over 8% but do not raise distributions are viewed favorably than stocks which currently yield 2%-3%, but grow their dividends consistently.
The reason why I consider dividend growth investing a superior investment strategy is because...
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