8 Dividend Plays For Your Portfolio: Stock Pickers
While real rebound in the economy is still uncertain, the best investments may be in stocks that pay investors to wait. Dividend plays are back in demand and Michael Crofton, CEO of Philadelphia Trust Company and Tim O’Brien, senior portfolio manager at Evergreen Utility and Telecommunications Fund said they should remain the core of any portfolio.

“Historically, dividend income has accounted for half of the equity investors’ total return and the compounding of income over time has been a powerful builder of wealth,” O’Brien told CNBC.

O’Brien said that since the founding of the Nasdaq, the S&P utilities index has outperformed annually by almost 100 basis points.