There is no shortage of strategies to make money on Wall Street. But when push comes to shove, it's tough to top dividend stocks in the return column over long periods. Last year, Hartford Funds released a report that, in combination with Ned Davis Research, examined the performance of dividend-paying companies relative to non-payers over a half-century (1973-2022). Even though dividend payers were 6% less volatile than the benchmark S&P 500, they delivered a superior 9.18% annualized return over five decad ...