9 Stocks That Have Been Paying Uninterrupted Dividends for More Than 68 Years
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2012/02/10/9-stocks-that-have-been-paying-uninterrupted-divid.aspx
Before the late 1950s, most stock investors focused not on capital gains but on dividends. According to Fidelity Viewpoints, "For many years, dividends were the primary reason to invest in the stock market."
Given the terrible payouts on savings accounts and most bonds right now -- 215 stocks in the S&P 500 have a higher yield than a 10-year Treasury bond -- 2011 marked the Great Dividend Resurgence. Of the top 10 most-read Fool.com articles last year, eight were dividend-focused.
(Article does continue. With a chart of those
long lived dividend payers . . .
Did you know that Proctor And Gamble has been
paying a dividend since 1890? That is
Eighteen Ninety. Not a Typo. And to think I've
only owned some for maybe a year and a half now.
Zim.)
Mad Poet Strikes Again.
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