Vivek Vishwakarma Trying to beat the market all the time is a hard feat to accomplish and is something that I'm simply not interested in doing. For one thing, that would involve having to constantly trade in an out of stocks in an effort to capture value. Plus, there are also short- and long-term tax implications from harvesting gains that can eat into long- term returns. A better strategy may be to buy quality dividend payers and hold them tight for the income stream, which can produce respectable total re ...