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However, the Dividend Aristocrat strategy does not need to be mothballed. It certainly has its justification as one of several portfolio components. Over the very long term, since 1990, Dividend Aristocrats have beaten the US benchmark index by almost twice. Investors who want to regularly use up part of their capital will particularly get their money’s worth here. You can easily withdraw the accumulated dividends from your portfolio. They just need to diversify well and not just be lured by high dividends.
You can hear more about dividend aristocrats, the choppy start to the 2024 stock market year and the life’s work of the recently deceased eyewear king Günther Fielmann in the new edition of our podcast “Living with Stocks”.