Andrii Sedykh/iStock via Getty Images The biggest reason why I, as a mid-30s investor, prefer investing in high-yielding stocks over high-growth stocks is that I believe I am able to reduce the number of investing mistakes I make by using this approach. This is because valuing companies that pay out high dividend yields and generate consistently slow growth rates is much easier than valuing companies that rely on sustaining very high-growth rates well into the future to justify their current valuations. ...