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Summary

► Dividends can significantly enhance your returns in an up
market, and may produce positive portfolio returns even

when the stock market has a down period.

► Dividend-paying stocks may give your portfolio less
volatility. Many investors see dividend-paying stocks as a

safe harbor in volatile markets, and may not sell them as
they might more speculative stocks.

► When you reinvest your dividends, you are regularly
dollar-cost Averaging what back into your investment?

When prices are low, you buy more shares; when prices
are high, you buy fewer shares.

► Your dividends will continue to grow because, after each

dividend payout, you will own more shares after the
dividends are reinvested.

Chapter 3: You Must Have Growth In Your Portfolio