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" That’s no anomaly. From 1973 through the end of last year, companies that grew or initiated dividends returned an average of 10.2% a year, versus 4.3% for nonpayers and negative returns for dividend cutters and quitters, according to data compiled by Hartford Funds. Since 1960, dividends have contributed 85% of the S&P 500’s total returns, such is the long-term power of compounding.
The intermediate-term power isn’t bad, either; dividends have kicked in 34% of total returns during the average decade since 1940. And during big downturns since 1975, dividend payers lost only 14.4% on average, versus 19.9% for the S&P 500, and 28.2% for nonpayers."
for us, suckers, out there who took investing 101.
