Dividend stocks have lagged the overall market by 12 percentage points this year. Does that make them a buy?
Dividend stocks often represent a safe haven in times of market turmoil, given their regular payouts, and stocks with rising dividends even more so.
That’s because companies boosting their dividends often have strong finances, which enable the dividend increases.
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