While dividend-paying stocks and mutual funds are gaining popularity with
In spite of these reservations, research over the past 100 years shows that stocks paying dividends have delivered higher returns than stocks that do not.
Still, if investors have reservations about dividend-paying stocks, fund complexes might want to think twice about the prevailing opinion on these instruments before bringing a dividend-paying mutual fund to market.
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