Warren Buffett: Dividends Are The Key To Investing Success

Investing with the intention of generating dividend income has grown increasingly popular among retail investors, and in this video, Buffett explains why he believes that dividends can be extremely valuable when considering whether to invest in a particular stock.

[kortyEdna]

My portfolio doesn’t just cater to dividend stocks. I hold $VFIAX (S&P 500 index fund) in my Roth IRA and $VTI (Total Stock Market ETF) in my taxable brokerage account. Two of my largest holdings. The individual dividend stock positions all complement the index holdings.

[jasdeepsinghreal]

RIP Charlie Munger you will be remembered for generations. Thank you for all your knowledge and laughs.

[HughButler-lbzs]

I do not invest in companies that do not pay dividends. When investing for capital gains, I invest in index funds.

[lev]

He DID NOT say dividends are the key to investing success.

[Mercury]

What is this title? He never said that

[flaccidsteel]

Completely wrong. Warren Buffett would never champion dividends. In fact he specifically wrote against dividends in favor of total return 😂

[AlmightyDude]

The man was hoping a billionaire like Buffett would be on his side with his "dividends should be tax-free" comment, but Buffett instead acknowledges injustice in the tax system in his favor, seeing how his tax rate is lower than his own secretary.
Buffett is a man with integrity and good values. Have lots of respect for him

[Hyperpandas]

The title of the video doesn't match Buffet's comments here. Dividends are a distraction. Focus should be on total return, which factors in both dividends paid and share price. If you automatically reinvest your dividends in the company anyway, you'd also be better off if they never paid you the dividend.

[drummer]

I wish that all the wealthy had Warren’s attitude.

[BrewerVera]

Dividends are dope. Personally, I sometimes use my dividends to buy other dividend and growth stocks for diversification instead of reinvesting in the same stock. To each their own methods though. The good thing is that you’re investing in the first place and that’s what’s important. Salute for the content!

[swphilosophy]

Now show the video where he says dividends aren't what make you rich and confuse everybody

[roberttompkins]

Why is compound interest used as a concept with stock ownership. Compound interest implies continual growth of interest added to principle. Whereas, stock values go up and down? Stock price increases are based on someon'e willingness to pay a higher price for the stock-not guaranteed interest over time.

[Thigrandil]

I love my dividends. Every may i reinvest them in either the same company or another good one

[rrr]

Slow and steady dividends for the past 26 years has been a winner

[sirmoritzo.schulte]

If you wanna be successful, you must take responsibility for your emotions, not place the blame on others. In addition to making you feel more guilty about your faults, pointing the finger at others will only serve to increase your sense of personal accountability. There's always a risk in every investment, yet people still invest and succeed. You must look outward if you wanna be successful in life...

[MW_Builds]

Dividends are what holds your portfolio value during bad economic cycles. Stock prices fall, but dividends are often slow to react, if at all; and it’s huge as long as you have enough dividend stocks and reinvest everything. Be measured and don’t just leave your investment in the hands of the managers. Keep interested, watch everything, and learn what matters.

[shellylofgren]

- Dividends are what got me into investing in the stock market. The thing to me is, if you invest and have other income outside of dividends then you will be able to live off dividends without selling. Which means you can pass that on to your kids which will give them a leg up in life. Have over $600K in my portfolio as I bought a lot of dividend stocks before, I'm buying more now, and I will buy more when it drops further.

[RedCandleWax]

To “get rich you” need those 50-100 baggers. And you don’t get those with dividends.

[jeffdavis]

if you own of control the company you can take all the dividends you want and report the eps you want to

[alan]

It would be nice if you put a date of when this discussion happened. Was it in 2022, or another year?