Paper Boat Creative Introduction Until last year, I've "never" been a big fan of International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM), as it didn't have the capabilities to keep up with more innovative growth/tech stocks or the characteristics that I was looking for in a pure-value stock. Over the past ten years, IBM has returned just 61%, including its dividends. This is a horrible performance compared to the 230% return of the S&P 500, the 194% return of the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD), and t ...