Investing in stocks may not look particularly appealing at the moment, given that the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond is offering a near 5% annualized yield. After all, most stocks outside the areas of artificial intelligence and weight-loss care have lost ground over the last two years because of various economic and geopolitical factors, along with a wide swath of investors opting for safer alternatives to stocks like high-yield savings accounts and fixed rate CDs. 

However, history has unequivocally shown that high-quality dividend stocks tend to outperform most other asset classes in the long run. As such, value and income investors probably shouldn't be overly concerned about these short-term obstacles. 

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