Few major group have performed as well as stodgy dividend payers lately. Been watching Caterpillar, for example, but plenty of others like it are doing great. The ultra conservative DOW ETF (DIA) is up 19% since October 1, and it yields about 1.9% in ever-rising dividends.
Problem for many IHUBer is they panicked a few month ago and dumped everything, mostly around the bottom Many IHUB penny players went 100% to cash.
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BTW, I've been adding short term T-bills for several months and getting over 4 1/2 % and 2-4 year maturity Invesco Bulletshares and getting nearly 6% yield to maturity. Very safe.