Lower Risk = Higher Investment Profits

Historically, a dividend based portfolio has proven to be less risky than alternative investment strategies. The caveat of course is that your portfolio is structured properly, you are well diversified, and you keep your fees super-low. Take the S&P Dividend Aristocrats for example. As highlighted in a 2005 article at IndexUniverse.com, “The Dividend Aristocrats Index has outperformed the S&P 500, S&P 500 Equal Weight and S&P 500 Barra Value indexes over the past three, five and ten-year periods – with less risk.” The bonus is that over the 10 years prior, the Aristocrats has beaten the S&P 500 Index by 2.4%.

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https://www.thedividendguyblog.com/2008/07/25/lower-risk-higher-investment-profits/