VZ
Verizon Communications
stock NYSE

I am stubborn af and didn't believe that. I started investing when I was 22 and spent the first 5 years mostly investing in duds like PFE, VZ, T, O and so on.
Maybe they are fine if you are nearing retirement. But if you are young it's like leaving your money in a savings account, in some cases even worse. I could have easily doubled my money if I didn't invest in those boomer stocks, but here we are.

Thanks to everyone who replied so far, much appreciated. I’m rather new to all this to be honest, but have been reading a lot and doing as much research as possible as I learn and go. Right now my weighting is pretty even among the 4 funds in my Roth IRA.
I’m 42, recently retired service member and employed in the civilian world now. I’m maxing out my employer Roth 401k and maxing out my Roth IRA and trying to put as much as I can into a brokerage account as well where I’m 80% SCHD and 20% sprinkled into MO, PFE, VZ, PEP.
Really trying to retire comfortably before 60. Not trying to be super rich but would like to be able to travel to other countries that have a different kind of sand and not be stressed out about finances.
I wish I had been contributing to a Roth IRA from when I was 18, but didn’t even know what that was back then hahaha. Always thought I would serve my country, do my time and get my retirement. Realize now I can’t really live off just my mil retirement alone…

# Portfolio Holdings
|Company|Symbol|% of Portfolio|
|:-|:-|:-|
|MICROSOFT CORP|MSFT|3.302%|
|NVIDIA CORPORATION COM|NVDA|3.210%|
|APPLE INC|AAPL|2.740%|
|[AMAZON.COM](http://AMAZON.COM) INC|AMZN|1.794%|
|META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A|META|1.494%|
|BROADCOM INC COM|AVGO|1.116%|
|ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL A|GOOGL|0.999%|
|JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. COM|JPM|0.892%|
|VISA INC|V|0.862%|
|TESLA INC COM|TSLA|0.771%|
|ALPHABET INC CAP STK CL C|GOOG|0.761%|
|BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC COM CLASS B|BRKB|0.747%|
|NETFLIX INC|NFLX|0.650%|
|ELI LILLY &CO COM|LLY|0.631%|
|WALMART INC COM|WMT|0.594%|
|COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP COM|COST|0.481%|
|JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM|JNJ|0.470%|
|INTUIT INC|INTU|0.446%|
|SNAP-ON INC|SNA|0.428%|
|HOME DEPOT INC|HD|0.415%|
|EXXON MOBIL CORP COM|XOM|0.401%|
|ORACLE CORP|ORCL|0.389%|
|CISCO SYSTEMS INC|CSCO|0.388%|
|CBRE GROUP INC COM CLASS A|CBRE|0.386%|
|AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC COM|ADP|0.374%|
|WELLS FARGO CO NEW COM|WFC|0.350%|
|TJX COMPANIES INC|TJX|0.350%|
|MASCO CORP COM|MAS|0.349%|
|GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC COM|GS|0.344%|
|SALESFORCE INC COM|CRM|0.331%|
|ABBOTT LABORATORIES|ABT|0.330%|
|JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC COM|JCI|0.325%|
|APPLIED MATERIALS INC COM|AMAT|0.311%|
|DOVER CORP COM|DOV|0.311%|
|PROCTER AND GAMBLE CO COM|PG|0.310%|
|GE AEROSPACE COM NEW|GE|0.292%|
|CATERPILLAR INC COM|CAT|0.283%|
|AMPHENOL CORP CLASS A COM|APH|0.280%|
|PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC CL A|PLTR|0.276%|
|MERCK & CO. INC COM|MRK|0.276%|
|MORGAN STANLEY COM|MS|0.274%|
|MASTERCARD INCORPORATED CL A|MA|0.273%|
|CME GROUP INC COM|CME|0.268%|
|AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC COM|A|0.267%|
|CHEVRON CORP NEW COM|CVX|0.267%|
|LINDE PLC COM|LIN|0.266%|
|INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC|ISRG|0.264%|
|GE VERNOVA INC COM|GEV|0.257%|
|ANSYS INC COM|ANSS|0.256%|
|UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC|UNH|0.253%|
|INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE INC COM|ICE|0.252%|
|PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC|PM|0.251%|
|DR HORTON INC COM|DHI|0.250%|
|SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO|SHW|0.250%|
|HCA HEALTHCARE INC COM|HCA|0.248%|
|DEERE & CO|DE|0.247%|
|AIR LEASE CORP|AL|0.246%|
|PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA COM|PKG|0.244%|
|BANK AMERICA CORP COM|BAC|0.241%|
|REPUBLIC SERVICES INC|RSG|0.240%|
|INTERNATIONAL BUS MACH CORP COM|IBM|0.239%|
|PROGRESSIVE CORP COM|PGR|0.238%|
|RAYMOND JAMES FINL INC COM|RJF|0.236%|
|CRH ORD EUR 0.32 (DI)|CRH|0.230%|
|ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP COM|RCL|0.228%|
|REINSURANCE GRP OF AMERICA INC COM NEW|RGA|0.225%|
|GILEAD SCIENCES INC COM|GILD|0.224%|
|STRYKER CORPORATION COM|SYK|0.224%|
|CSX CORP COM|CSX|0.219%|
|ACCENTURE PLC|ACN|0.218%|
|WOODWARD INC COM|WWD|0.218%|
|ROSS STORES INC|ROST|0.217%|
|DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC|DRI|0.212%|
|T-MOBILE US INC COM|TMUS|0.212%|
|TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC COM|TT|0.212%|
|STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP|SF|0.210%|
|VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC|VZ|0.210%|
|HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC COM|HON|0.207%|
|DUKE ENERGY CORP NEW COM|DUK|0.201%|
|WEC ENERGY GROUP INC COM|WEC|0.202%|
|UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC COM|UBER|0.196%|
|ABBVIE INC COM|ABBV|0.195%|
|ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC|AMD|0.195%|
|FISERV INC COM STK|FI|0.195%|
|QIAGEN NV ORD|QGEN|0.191%|
|ENTEGRIS INC|ENTG|0.189%|
|ULTA BEAUTY INC COM|ULTA|0.189%|
|ADOBE INC COM|ADBE|0.188%|
|AFLAC INC COM|AFL|0.188%|
|KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC COM|KEYS|0.186%|
|WABTEC COM|WAB|0.186%|
|AMGEN INC|AMGN|0.181%|
|LOWES COMPANIES INC COM|LOW|0.180%|
|QUALCOMM INC|QCOM|0.180%|
|IQVIA HLDGS INC COM|IQV|0.179%|
|BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTION INC COM|BR|0.177%|
|KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP COM|KMB|0.177%|
|RENAISSANCERE HLDGS LTD COM|RNR|0.177%|
|ANALOG DEVICES INC COM|ADI|0.173%|
|CENCORA INC COM|COR|0.170%|
|APPLOVIN CORP COM CL A|APP|0.170%|
|COMCAST CORP|CMCSA|0.170%|
|LABCORP HOLDINGS INC COM|LH|0.170%|
|SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC|SWKS|0.169%|
|CITIGROUP INC|C|0.165%|
|RTX CORPORATION COM|RTX|0.165%|
|BXP INC COM|BXP|0.164%|
|CHUBB LIMITED COM NPV|CB|0.164%|
|CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC COM|ED|0.162%|
|HOULIHAN LOKEY INC CL A|HLI|0.160%|
|CUMMINS INC|CMI|0.159%|
|COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORP COM|CTSH|0.158%|
|BLACKSTONE INC|BX|0.157%|
|PAYPAL HLDGS INC COM|PYPL|0.156%|
|SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC|SPG|0.156%|
|AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM|AXP|0.155%|
|ARROW ELECTRONICS INC COM|ARW|0.155%|
|HEXCEL CORP|HXL|0.155%|
|CONOCOPHILLIPS COM|COP|0.153%|
|GENERAL MILLS INC COM|GIS|0.151%|
|DISNEY WALT CO COM|DIS|0.151%|
|TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC COM|TXN|0.151%|
|WINTRUST FINANCIAL CORP|WTFC|0.151%|
|EAST WEST BANCORP INC|EWBC|0.147%|
|AT&T INC COM|T|0.143%|
|GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP COM|GD|0.142%|
|IRON MTN INC DEL COM|IRM|0.141%|
|DOORDASH INC CL A|DASH|0.140%|
|MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC|MU|0.140%|
|WELLTOWER INC COM|WELL|0.137%|
|GATX CORP COM STK|GATX|0.137%|
|AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES COM|AKAM|0.136%|
|CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP COM|COF|0.138%|
|COTERRA ENERGY INC COM|CTRA|0.134%|
|THE CIGNA GROUP COM|CI|0.134%|
|ARISTA NETWORKS INC COM|ANET|0.133%|
|SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP NEW CL A|SBAC|0.133%|
|TRAVELERS COMPANIES INC COM|TRV|0.130%|
|HILTON WORLDWIDE HLDGS INC|HLT|0.129%|
|PEPSICO INC|PEP|0.128%|
|BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO COM|BMY|0.127%|
|CENTENE CORP|CNC|0.127%|
|SYNOPSYS INC|SNPS|0.124%|
|TERADYNE INC COM|TER|0.124%|
|PACCAR INC COM|PCAR|0.123%|
|BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP|BSX|0.122%|
|KROGER CO COM|KR|0.122%|
|PFIZER INC|PFE|0.122%|
|EASTMAN CHEM CO COM|EMN|0.121%|
|EBAY INC. COM|EBAY|0.121%|
|PULTE GROUP INC COM|PHM|0.120%|
|YUM! BRANDS INC|YUM|0.120%|
|PROLOGIS INC. COM|PLD|0.119%|
|PUBLIC STORAGE OPER CO COM|PSA|0.119%|
|BIO RAD LABORATORIES INC|BIO|0.117%|
|SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLC COM|ST|0.117%|
|SYSCO CORP|SYY|0.116%|
|GENERAL MTRS CO COM|GM|0.112%|
|UNION PAC CORP COM|UNP|0.112%|
|CLOUDFLARE INC CL A COM|NET|0.111%|
|STARBUCKS CORP COM|SBUX|0.111%|
|GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC|GPN|0.110%|
|LAM RESEARCH CORP COM NEW|LRCX|0.110%|
|COCA-COLA CO|KO|0.109%|
|AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST INC COM|COLD|0.106%|
|JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC COM|J|0.106%|
|PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP COM|PNC|0.106%|
|BOEING CO|BA|0.102%|
|GODADDY INC CL A|GDDY|0.102%|
|AMEREN CORP COM|AEE|0.101%|
|ZOETIS INC|ZTS|0.101%|
|DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC|DLR|0.099%|
|NEWMONT CORP COM|NEM|0.099%|
|PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC COM|PANW|0.099%|
|SOUTHERN CO|SO|0.097%|
|DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC COM|DD|0.094%|
|VISTRA CORP COM|VST|0.094%|
|EXELON CORP COM NPV|EXC|0.091%|
|FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC COM|FCX|0.091%|
|ROBINHOOD MKTS INC COM CL A|HOOD|0.091%|
|BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP COM|BK|0.088%|
|VALERO ENERGY CORP COM|VLO|0.087%|
|KKR & CO INC COM|KKR|0.086%|
|NEXTERA ENERGY INC COM|NEE|0.084%|
|TYSON FOODS INC|TSN|0.082%|
|UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CL B|UPS|0.082%|
|LENNAR CORP COM CLASS A|LEN|0.081%|
|SEALED AIR CORP|SEE|0.080%|
|SS&C TECHNOLOGIES HLDGS INC COM|SSNC|0.080%|
|BLOCK INC CL A|XYZ|0.077%|
|ROBLOX CORP CL A|RBLX|0.077%|
|ALBEMARLE CORP COM|ALB|0.076%|
|3M CO|MMM|0.074%|
|INTEL CORP COM|INTC|0.073%|
|CHAMPIONX CORPORATION COM|CHX|0.072%|
|ALTRIA GROUP INC|MO|0.071%|
|DEVON ENERGY CORP NEW|DVN|0.070%|
|NIKE INC CLASS B COM|NKE|0.069%|
|EOG RESOURCES INC|EOG|0.068%|
|EQUITY RESIDENTIAL SBI|EQR|0.066%|
|EMERSON ELECTRIC CO|EMR|0.065%|
|TARGET CORP|TGT|0.064%|
|NUCOR CORP COM|NUE|0.063%|
|VERTIV HOLDINGS CO COM CL A|VRT|0.062%|
|CORTEVA INC COM|CTVA|0.054%|
|INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO COM|IP|0.053%|
|CARNIVAL CORP COM|CCL|0.052%|
|FORTINET INC COM|FTNT|0.051%|
|CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC|CMG|0.050%|
|AMERICAN ELEC PWR CO INC COM|AEP|0.050%|
|MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC COM|MRVL|0.050%|
|AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC|AIG|0.048%|
|THE TRADE DESK INC COM CL A|TTD|0.047%|
|DENTSPLY SIRONA INC COM|XRAY|0.046%|
|CVS HEALTH CORPORATION COM|CVS|0.045%|
|UNITED AIRLS HLDGS INC COM|UAL|0.039%|
|DELTA AIR LINES INC|DAL|0.036%|
|MURPHY OIL CORP COM|MUR|0.036%|
|HELMERICH & PAYNE INC COM|HP|0.034%|
|TRUIST FINL CORP COM|TFC|0.024%|
|KINDER MORGAN INC COM|KMI|0.021%|
# Mutual Funds & ETFs
|Fund Name|Symbol|% of Portfolio|
|:-|:-|:-|
|WCM FOCUSED INTL GROWTH FUND INSTL|WCMIX|9.650%|
|ISHARES TRUST CORE MSCI EAFE ETF|IEFA|6.764%|
|ARISTOTLE CORE INCOME FD I2|PLIDX|6.564%|
|TRIBUTARY SMALL COMPANY INSTL PLUS|FOSBX|5.029%|
|PIMCO INTL BD U.S. DOLLAR-HEDGED INST|PFORX|4.497%|
|GQG PARTNERS EMERG MARKETS EQ INSTL|GQGIX|2.982%|
|PUTNAM INTL CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES CL Y|PIVYX|2.953%|
|INVESCO EXCH TRD SLF IDX FD TR INVSCO|BSCS BLSH 28|1.418%|
|INVESCO EXCH TRD SLF IDX FD TR BULSHS|BSCR 2027 CB|1.411%|
|INVESCO EXCH TRD SLF IDX FD TR BULSHS|BSCQ 2026 CB|1.408%|
|INVESCO EXCH TRD SLF IDX FD TR BULETSHS|BSCT 2029|1.371%|
|INVESCO EXCH TRD SLF IDX FD TR BULSHS|BSCP 2025 CB|1.363%|

Bis zu 14 Monate nach Ablauf des entsprechenden VZ sind normalerweise unproblematisch. Geht auch selbst noch nachdem du die Frist bereits gerissen hast.

Believe it or not, VZ calls

Yes, yes, I am. Peter Lynch also gives this advice and I bet he's done better in the market than you and I. I bet he's spent money on streaming services. How has Netflix done in the last year? He probably spent money on his phone. T, VZ, TMUS, AAPL, KRW aren't all terrible choices.
He'll be way more invested (get it?) in a product that he uses over SGOV or an index fund. To be a successful investor, you need to have passion for it. No one has passion for an index fund.
At this point it's ok if he loses money as long as HE LEARNS something along the way.

Folks who are interested in VZ calls, what's the main reason? They have consistently declined in the past year so I would be interested to hear why it might go up this time

>Look at SO, JNJ, HD, VZ, IR, GLW, CSX, UPS, Nucor,
One thing to keep in mind companies do occationally go bankrupt sudden ly. And if that happens you loose everything in the stock. With dividned ETFs it is harder to loose everything. If a fund has to stop operations its assets are liquidated and all of that money is returned to investors. So you will get some of the money back. And there are good dividned ETF that do increase their dividend over time. But also keep in mind that if you spend only 80 % of your income and then reinvest the rest you will grow your income even if the ETF is not able to increase its dividend.
All of your other comments are however correct.

In fact, I am doing this. I sold a lot of O and VZ puts on margin. Specifically, 2701 O 40PUT and 2701 VZ 28PUT.
Some people may argue that OP's post has nothing to do with dividends, but I don't think so. Selling puts on high dividend stocks is more reliable than selling puts on other stocks, because high dividend stocks are unlikely to fall sharply unless the Fed raises interest rates, their operations have problems, or there is serious fraud. In the market craziness in August last year and April this year, NVDA fell sharply, but O and VZ did not fall too much. In my opinion, it is almost impossible for the Fed to raise interest rates sharply in these two years, and 40 O and 28 VZ are absolutely crazy. Therefore, I believe I am getting free money.

Positions loaded for next week:
\- VZ calls
\- SAP calls
\- INTC puts
If I were you, I'd inverse. glgl

PFE and NVO seem to be good undervalued companies in my opinion for the long run. UNH is too risky for my liking. VZ is also good for a more stable stock but yet still high in returns.

# Today is Friday, the 18th of July
## Upcoming events for Friday, July 18th
- Stock splits:
- MLGO @ **1:30**
- CREG @ **1:10**
- Expected earnings:
ACU, ALLY, ALV, AXP, BCBP, CMA, HBAN, HDB, MCBS, MMM, RBCAA, RF, SCCO, SCHW, SIFY, SLB, TFC, VABK, VBTX
- Ex-div:
AMRK, BUSE, CBRL, FRD, FUNC, NVYY, PBHC, RGCO, TQQY, TSYY, WDFC, XBTY, YSPY
- Economic events and announcements:
- 4-Week Bill Auction (actual: 4.230%, previous: 4.235%)
- 8-Week Bill Auction (actual: 4.270%, previous: 4.275%)
- Atlanta Fed GDPNow (actual: 2.4%, consensus: 2.6%, previous: 2.6%)
- Business Inventories (actual: 0.0%, consensus: 0.0%, previous: 0.0%)
- Continuing Jobless Claims (actual: 1,956K, consensus: 1,970K, previous: 1,954K)
- Core Retail Sales (actual: 0.5%, consensus: 0.3%, previous: -0.2%)
- Export Price Index (actual: 0.5%, consensus: 0.0%, previous: -0.6%)
- Export Price Index (actual: 2.8%, previous: 1.9%)
- FOMC Member Daly Speaks
- FOMC Member Kugler Speaks
- Fed Governor Cook Speaks
- Fed Waller Speaks
- Fed's Balance Sheet (actual: 6,659B, previous: 6,662B)
- Import Price Index (actual: -0.2%, previous: -0.2%)
- Import Price Index (actual: 0.1%, consensus: 0.3%, previous: -0.4%)
- Initial Jobless Claims (actual: 221K, consensus: 233K, previous: 228K)
- Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg. (actual: 229.50K, previous: 235.75K)
- NAHB Housing Market Index (actual: 33, consensus: 33, previous: 32)
- Natural Gas Storage (actual: 46B, consensus: 44B, previous: 53B)
- Overall Net Capital Flow (actual: 311.10B, previous: -14.60B)
- Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (actual: 15.9, consensus: -1.2, previous: -4.0)
- Philly Fed Business Conditions (actual: 21.5, previous: 18.3)
- Philly Fed CAPEX Index (actual: 17.10, previous: 14.50)
- Philly Fed Employment (actual: 10.3, previous: -9.8)
- Philly Fed New Orders (actual: 18.4, previous: 2.3)
- Philly Fed Prices Paid (actual: 58.80, previous: 41.40)
- Reserve Balances with Federal Reserve Banks (actual: 3.375T, previous: 3.342T)
- Retail Control (actual: 0.5%, consensus: 0.3%, previous: 0.2%)
- Retail Inventories Ex Auto (actual: 0.2%, consensus: 0.2%, previous: 0.2%)
- Retail Sales (actual: 0.6%, consensus: 0.1%, previous: -0.9%)
- Retail Sales (actual: 3.92%, previous: 3.29%)
- Retail Sales Ex Gas/Autos (actual: 0.6%, previous: 0.0%)
- TIC Net Long-Term Transactions (actual: 259.4B, previous: -8.2B)
- TIC Net Long-Term Transactions including Swaps (actual: 259.40B, consensus: 48.30B, previous: -8.20B)
- US Foreign Buying, T-bonds (actual: 146.30B, previous: -40.80B)
## Upcoming events for Saturday, July 19th
- Economic events and announcements:
- Atlanta Fed GDPNow (consensus: 2.4%, previous: 2.4%)
- Building Permits (consensus: 1.390M, previous: 1.394M)
- Building Permits (previous: -2.0%)
- CFTC Aluminium speculative net positions (previous: 0.3K)
- CFTC Copper speculative net positions (previous: 39.6K)
- CFTC Corn speculative net positions (previous: -141.8K)
- CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions (previous: 209.4K)
- CFTC Gold speculative net positions (previous: 203.0K)
- CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions (previous: 31.2K)
- CFTC Natural Gas speculative net positions (previous: -87.8K)
- CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions (previous: -140.0K)
- CFTC Silver speculative net positions (previous: 58.5K)
- CFTC Soybeans speculative net positions (previous: 38.1K)
- CFTC Wheat speculative net positions (previous: -61.8K)
- Housing Starts (consensus: 1.290M, previous: 1.256M)
- Housing Starts (previous: -9.8%)
- Michigan 1-Year Inflation Expectations (previous: 5.0%)
- Michigan 5-Year Inflation Expectations (previous: 4.0%)
- Michigan Consumer Expectations (consensus: 55.0, previous: 58.1)
- Michigan Consumer Sentiment (consensus: 61.4, previous: 60.7)
- Michigan Current Conditions (consensus: 63.9, previous: 64.8)
- U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count (previous: 424)
- U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count (previous: 537)
## Upcoming events for Monday, July 21st
- Stock splits:
- GVH @ **1:200**
- IVF @ **1:3**
- TWG @ **1:90**
- Expected earnings:
AGNC, AGYS, ARE, BNED, BOKF, CALX, CCK, CLF, DPZ, DX, ELS, GNTY, HBCP, HBT, HIT, MEDP, NXPI, PFBC, RBB, RLI, ROP, SAGT, SFBS, SMBK, STLD, TRST, VLRS, VZ, WASH, WRB, WTFC, ZION
- Ex-div:
CYCCP, DHC, GAIN, GLAD, GOOD, GOODN, GOODO, ILPT, LAND, LANDM, LANDO, LANDP, OCCI, OCCIM, OCCIN, OCCIO, PAYX, RMR, SEVN, SSSS, SVC
^^^^2025-07-18

300 a month. A dividend yield that would pay out higher than that would usually indicate low growth. Take a look at stocks like KKR, ARES,LLY,DE. Look at the 10 year price movement and dividend history. Then compare that to high yield stocks like T,VZ or any covered call etf or other high yield income ETFS.

"Dividends aren't free money". No one thinks that. That is just an insult people throw at dividend investors, who themselves never thought that.
Quality dividend stocks tend to be of companies that are stable, have decades of solid growth, and reward shareholders for owning their stock with growing amounts of dividend money earned from *profits*, not to be confused with Return of Capital. Just coz a company has less scope for rapid growth does not mean it is a *doomed* business. Look at SO, JNJ, HD, VZ, IR, GLW, CSX, UPS, Nucor, need I say more. Furthermore (turns out I am saying more!) these stocks are less volatile than "growth" stocks.
Stop dissing dividend companies for, well, paying dividends.
Even further more: "Growth" stocks don't necessarily grow, whether in profits or in stock price. Any gain in the price of a stock can come down just as quickly, and that gain did nothing for you before it disappeared. A "growth" stock could be stuck below your buy price for years, you would have nothing but lost time and lost net worth to show for it. But a dividend paid out is money in your pocket.
Those who argue that dividends come off the stock price would have a much stronger point if the only factors that determined the price of a stock were purely technical. They pretend that fear, greed, emotion, panic, short sellers, unscrupulous manipulators, none of these play a role. Most of the stocks I listed have grown both in price *and* grown their dividends. A huge portion of the total returns of the S&P comes from, you guessed it, dividends. So there.
Dividend dissers love to say dividends are akin to a forced sale of stock, that you have to pay taxes on dividends received. Hey, if I make money, I will pay taxes on it. Won't you? In any case, Roth IRAs have you covered. If your stock went up by three percent, but went back down, what did that do for you? Bupkis. Stop pretending growth stocks keep, well, growing.
Dividend growth investing is a powerful strategy that has stood the test of time. Done right, it is entirely possible to retire on dividends alone, with the principal amount largely intact This way, you can leave an inheritance to your family, or to a charity of your choice. A sound mix of some growth and some dividend payers, and you are on your way.

VZ CEO Vestburg is a total dud. he got fired as CEO from Ericsson and somehow failed up to CEO of VZ. he'd probably already be dumped if not for his huge "golden parachute".

just get verizon stock instead it has a bigger dividend and also costs much less than PPG. I have been putting a lot into QQI QYLD and VZ so y'all should look at those too