Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRK.B)

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"I noticed that his biggest gainers over the years were stocks with lower dividends."

Yes, one of my strongest arguments lately is that ultra high dividend stocks have been sucker bets. The sweet dividend spot for total return (growth plus dividend yield) has been around 1%-3%. From what I've seen, even stocks that paid 4% to 6% performed poorly, all told. For example I have a small amount of inherited ATT that yields about 6%. Poor performer in recent years.

Just looked at some quality utility stocks. They've all tumbled this past few weeks.

Are you married? Have kids?