Each investor needs to balance yield and growth. If
you put all your efforts into stocks with a high yield but no growth, you could
also buy a high-yield bond. It seems to be much safer because dividends might
be cut to satisfy bond holders and to pay debt down.
A growth strategy might work better; just think on Twitter, Facebook or the
other unicorns on the market. But do you believe that billions of market valuations
in a few years should be sustainable when the corporate has nothing to sell.
The only asset unicorns have is a fast growing customer base. Often they have
no clue about how they can make with them.
In addition, a company that earns money but did not give anything back to
shareholders is also risky. Your wealth depends on high stock prices. I there is
a crises, you might get some trouble.
A right way in my view is to find the right mix of growth and dividend
payments. Below, you can find a good list of a portfolio that has a solid
growth rate and pays a nice dividend per year.
You might see, the higher the growth at a high initial yield, the bigger the
final value in the end. If you find investments with a 4% initial yield that
grows dividends by 12% yearly, your 100k portfolio will end in USD 1.6 million
in 30 years.
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How Your Investment Portfolio Grows
When You Bet On Dividend Growth Stocks
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The results of the spreadsheet are shown above for the value of a portfolio with initial capital $100,000 after 30 years. The initial dividend yield ranges from 1% to 4% while the dividend growth rate ranges from 2% to 12%.
In the following week I like to show you those stocks that have achieved a 12% Growth rate in the past 10 years while paying yields over 4%.
Recently, I showed you how your investment portfolio grows over 30 years if you own sustainable long-term dividend growth stocks. 
