3 Top Energy Dividend Stocks to Buy in October
Buying dividend-paying stocks has long been a masterful way of generating superior returns. Sure, solely buying income-generating stocks means you would have missed out on some of the stock market's most successful companies, such as Amazon.com and Netflix, which don't pay dividends but since 2002 have risen 17,500% and 49,400%, respectively, compared to the S&P 500's 309% gain.
Even so, over the last five decades, dividends have accounted for most of the stock index's total return, with price appreciation representing just 22% of the market returns versus 78% generated by dividends.
Income investors, though, can't just go chasing yield, since rising yields represent an increasing amount of risk. That's why you should consider the three energy stocks below, which offer dividend-seeking investors the perfect combination of growth potential, value, and income.
Source Fool.com
