Broad Market Diversification Can Help Avoid Large Losses

Diversification is one of the simplest ways to be successful in equity investing. Diversification can take many forms. For example, one can hold a mix of stocks, bonds, gold, real estate and cash. Or it is possible to diversify across many types of equities such as domestic and foreign or emerging, developed and frontier markets. …

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Contribution of Price Appreciation and Dividends to the S&P 500 Total Return by Decade

Investing in dividend stocks is a wise strategy for many reasons including the fact that dividends alone account for one-third of the S&P 500’s Total Return from 1960 to 2019. So though the dividend yield is small for most US stocks relative to other developed markets they are still important from a long-term wealth building …

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