BBT - 2007 - 2018 DGI Vs. HYI Vs. Index Fund - Actual Performance Over 11 Years
I've been striving for years now to find a fair and objective means of testing the relative merits of:
- the HYI strategy of investing in investments such as CEFs, BDCs, mREITS and MLPs which pay high dividends or distributions - typically over 8% per year.
- the DGI approach to investing in companies which pay dividends which are lower but grow consistently over time.
- simple, "set and forget" S&P 500 index funds as recommended by Warren Buffett.
Proponents of each style of investing have touted "backstudies" which purport to prove the superiority of their favored investment