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[bar1080]

Almost always your best "dividend stock" won't be a dividend stock. A diversified portfolio of blue chips such as an S&P 500 index fund will usually do much better. Nowadays with free or low priced commissions you can always sell off a few growth shares if you need some cash. Who gives such advice? Warren Buffett for one.

Generally RUN from any stock yielding 6% or more, and especially anything displaying a double digit yield. How do they achieve such payouts? Often with gimmicks like Return of Capital, oddball option schemes, and of course ... dangerously high leverage.

Unlike 98% of the local "players," I actually know what I'm talking about.

[bar1080]

Below's a powerful example of a div grower that some wouldn't consider to be a yield stock. Comcast is a semi-blue chip that should be able to maintain its dividend and perhaps continue to grow it even in tough economic times. Unless you're quite elderly, you should strive to build a sensibly diversified portfolio of such investments.

"Comcast Div Growth History Past Five Years

Date ... Q. Dividends
Mar 31, 2020 0.23 Dividend
Oct 01, 2019 0.21 Dividend
Jul 02, 2019 0.21 Dividend
Apr 02, 2019 0.21 Dividend
Dec 31, 2018 0.19 Dividend
Oct 02, 2018 0.19 Dividend
Jul 02, 2018 0.19 Dividend
Apr 03, 2018 0.19 Dividend
Jan 02, 2018 0.158 Dividend
Oct 03, 2017 0.158 Dividend
Jun 30, 2017 0.158 Dividend
Apr 03, 2017 0.158 Dividend
Dec 30, 2016 0.1375 Dividend
Oct 03, 2016 0.1375 Dividend
Jul 01, 2016 0.1375 Dividend
Apr 04, 2016 0.1375 Dividend
Jan 04, 2016 0.125 Dividend
Oct 05, 2015 0.125 Dividend
Jun 29, 2015 0.125 Dividend
Mar 30, 2015 0.125 Dividend
Jan 05, 2015 0.1125 Dividend