If you’ve read any of my work on Barchart before, you’ll know that the only thing I love more than income stocks are those that grow their dividend. This year marks my 25th year trading stocks and options, and that means I’ve been through the dot com bubble, financial crisis, and the pandemic. At least these three events stood out as “scary” times — not to mention the 20-25 corrections that occurred during the same period.
However, as scary as these events were, holding dividend-paying stocks helped lower the anxiety level as I was fairly sure the income would continue to roll in, and I wouldn't have to worry so much about the stocks trading price. In fact, during these periods, many companies even increased their dividends. Take the companies on the Dividend Aristocrats and Kings lists for example.
