My Cereal box read Today - made me chuckle

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(12-11-2021, 09:13 AM)ken-do-nim Wrote:

(12-10-2021, 08:39 PM)Scooterd Wrote:  The fundamental we believe to be the strongest indicator of underlying value is the dividend .

Doesn't this lead to buying value traps like IBM and AT&T?

Or heck, ORC?  

ORC is my favorite value trap.  Current yield sits at 17.07%, but -56.35% growth in the past 5 years.

This is just a snippet from an article and her comments may be out of context, but yes.  The underlying dividend fundamentals are what matter, and that has to start with at least a modest amount of future revenue and earnings growth.  If growth is zero for years, your DGI stock will eventually lose it's dividend growth, or you will surrender the dividend in loss of capital.  Most likely both.