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Dividend growth investing is one of the most popular investing strategies, both on Seeking Alpha and in general. And it's no wonder given that dividend growth stocks have outperformed their non-dividend paying counterparts by an enormous margin since 1927.
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Of course, past performance doesn't necessarily guarantee future success and you can't just buy any dividend stock and expect to make great returns.
Stock Returns By Yield Quintile
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While true that all dividend stocks, even the highest yielders, have tended to outperform non-dividend counterparts over the decades