Dividend stocks have struggled of late as fast-growing tech stocks that pay little in the way of dividends have captured all the attention. But things may be about to change.
For starters, lower interest rates are on the way as the Federal Reserve continues to ease monetary policy. "On balance," says T. Rowe Price's Tom Huber, "lower interest rates are a net positive for dividend stocks" as investors go searching for income beyond the shrinking yields of money market funds.
