So far, not one person has mentioned that dividend investing requires great amount of effort and research. No one here has mentioned the time commitment required to maintain a large portfolio.
No one has mentioned that it takes someone with considerable skill and knowledge to buy good-quality dividend stocks, unlike brain-dead index funds. Not everyone is as knowledgeable as @rodbarc nor has the time commitment.
No one has mentioned that if you're timing the market by constantly buying/selling (which is the vast majority of the people), neither dividend-investing nor index investing will work.
No one has mentioned that it takes someone with considerable skill and knowledge to buy good-quality dividend stocks, unlike brain-dead index funds. Not everyone is as knowledgeable as @rodbarc nor has the time commitment.
No one has mentioned that if you're timing the market by constantly buying/selling (which is the vast majority of the people), neither dividend-investing nor index investing will work.
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