Long-term Stock Market Strategy Released by Leading Financial Newsletter Profit Confidential
While there are always individual standouts in any stock market, Mitchell Clark, contributor to Profit Confidential, thinks that owning the right large-cap companies that pay dividends will likely be the best strategy for the next three to five years
(prHWY.com) January 4, 2012 - New York, NY -- While there are always individual standouts in any stock market, Mitchell Clark, contributor to Profit Confidential, thinks that owning the right large-cap companies that pay dividends will likely be the best strategy for the next three to five years.
"It's been 11 years of significant turmoil in the stock market and, without dividends, investors would have lost money due to the rate of inflation," says Clark.
Clark highlights several standouts during the last decade that have the profile he likes, such as Caterpillar Inc. "This company was trading at a split-adjusted price of around $20.00 per share in 2000 and proceeded to advance to over $116.00 per share, while increasing its dividends."
"Apple Inc. was a huge standout, particularly since 2005, when the stock proceeded to appreciate from under $50.00 a share to over $400.00," Clark writes, "Apple didn't pay dividends, but this could change over the coming years."
Clark believes that it's very likely we'll continue to get lackluster returns from the stock market for several years to come, so adding strong companies that pay dividends is a good strategy.
"With the likelihood of rising inflation, just maintaining your wealth will become a more difficult chore," Clark says. This is why he believes dividends are so important to the equity market going forward. "If you don't get dividends from your equity holdings over the next three to five years, your wealth is at risk."
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