In the decade that ended Dec. 31, 2010, the Standard & Poor’s 500 dropped 4.7 percent. Yet if dividends are included, the stock index returned a positive 15 percent.  If this reason enough to have at least a slight interest in crafting part of your investment strategy around dividend paying companies, then I don’t know what else to say.

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