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The market has gotten a bit more volatile in recent days, as we've endured several big red days over the past month. We can tie much of the recent uptick in volatility to uncertainty about whether the Fed will raise interest rates at its meeting later this month.
While volatility is on the rise, one group of stocks that has historically been less volatile over the long term is dividend growth stocks. That plays right into the strategy of the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHD), which focuses on high-yielding dividend growth stocks. That investment strategy puts it in a strong position to reward patient investors over the long run.
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Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research have analyzed historical return data for S&P 500 companies by dividend policy. The data shows several notable findings. Dividend stocks deliver much higher returns than non-payers and have lower volatility, with the highest returns and lowest volatility coming from dividend growers and initiators: