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financelg OP t1_iuakhft wrote

Reply to comment by Citryphus in So apparently I-Bonds are a bust for this fledgeling investor. Are stock dividends the way to go? by financelg

So if I DO buy stock in large part for the divided payments, buy say, Coca Cola or something?

A company that is a “dependable”, blue chip stock that’s less likely to do this?

edit: because I figured that a lot of companies, especially if they’re not clear leaders in their respective industries can probably “talk a big game” with things like dividends and wave money around... but if their earnings reports are ever on the rocks the dividends are probably the first things to go

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Werewolfdad t1_iuamfkd wrote

Why are you making this so complicated instead of just buying broad index funds?

The wiki is years of aggregated real world advice

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Citryphus t1_iualu5l wrote

KO dividend yield is 2.96%. You can get 4.4% from a 1 year CD. Still want to buy Coke?

Don't make your investment decisions based on what is promising the highest return. There is no such thing as high yield or high return without high risk.

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