Stock Investing Basics: Dividend Stocks – Top 5 Reasons to Own
High dividend-paying stocks with solid fundamentals are one of the safest and fastest ways to generate a solid return in the stock market.
Here are the top five reasons to own dividend stocks:
1. Dividends cushion the stock price
Yield support of the dividend which is the stock’s annual dividend divided by its share price creates a cushion against selling pressure as the stock price trends lower.
A lower stock price causes a higher yield thereby encouraging value-oriented investors to step in and offset the selling.
During a general downturn of the economy or a major stock market correction, those companies offering safe dividends find themselves better protected relative to the whole market.
2. Dividends protect you from short sellers
Short selling is the selling of a stock that the seller has borrowed from a broker in anticipation that the stock price will go lower. If the price drops, the short seller can buy back the stock at the lower price and make a profit on the difference.
A high dividend protects you from short-sellers, who are more reluctant to borrow money from a broker knowing that they are responsible for paying the dividend to the investor actually owning the stock. This scenario cuts into their potential profits.
3. Dividends generate quarterly income
The income you can receive from a decent yield can be significant, especially for retirees. A big advantage is that the taxes paid on dividend income are lower than those paid for earned income.
4. You can benefit from accidental high yielders
After a market crash some companies offering small, safe dividends end up with high dividend yields because the stock price has dropped dramatically.
Look for those accidental high yielders that provide more than 4 percent.
5. Dividends can grow your money faster
Dividend-yielding stocks make most sense in your IRA or 401(k) retirement portfolio where you can re-invest your payouts and let them compound tax-free for decades. Not only do you benefit from capital appreciation of a “best-of-breed” stock over time, but you also typically receive a quarterly income from the dividend.
For the active investor looking for a reasonable level of safety of principal with the upside potential to earn a little more from your investment, then exploring the world of dividend-producing stocks is worth the little effort involved.
I encourage you to get started today in finding those great stocks that have the potential to produce consistently high returns for you.
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The yield support …
The yield support for? a dividend stock occurs when the relative price of the stock has trended lower and now the dividend paid out by the company is more attractive to investors since it represents a higher percentage of the overall return. In your example, despite the stock losing ground, the dividend yield is very attractive for new investors to buy the stock. This is what is meant by having a cushion against a continued drop in stock price.
im new to investing …
im new to investing an had a lil question if you buy lets say 1 share for 100$ and at end of 3 months you get 30$ my question is what if at end of 3 months that share price droped and? is only a 50$ now do you still get your 30 bucks at end of 3 months is that what you ment by price drop cusion so really instead of loosed 50$ from price drop u have lost (technically) 20$ because of your now 50$ share plus 30$ dividend = 80$ you invested 100$ so you only lost 20$ am i right or how does that work?