Top-Rated Dividends Be a Millionaire in 20 Years

The secret to getting rich in the stock market isn't really a secret at all. In fact, it's so obvious and boring that most investors simply ignore it.
But frankly, if you think getting regular cash deposits into your brokerage account is boring, well, I'm not sure I can help...
Dividends paid to investors by U.S. companies account for 74% of stock market wealth. I didn't make that up — research by Robert Arnott and others shows it's true.
Here's a nice graphic from Ned Davis Research that shows the wealth-building power of dividends:

Pretty much any category of dividend-paying stock trounces the non-dividend stock. And really, the difference in return on dividend and non-dividend stocks is stunning... $100 in a non-dividend stock would have returned 82% since 1972.  (more)
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