VZ is one of those "Dividend Aristocrat" stocks. They have paid dividends for at least a couple of decades and have a history of steadily increasing them to exceed the inflation rate. Those are the only non index stocks I own. Maybe 30 of them in all.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 2:14 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > I dunno, I have most of my stuff in an index that has paid 16% so far. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Travis Johnson > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2016 1:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] OT: VZ Buy > > Hi, > > After reading more about Warren Buffet and his current holdings, I > jumped into Verizon stock last week (VZ). I didn't realize they were > paying a 4.45% dividend... it's worth just parking money there and > earning the 4.45% return, even if the stock never moves. :) > > Travis > >
