I'm well aware I work for a - what is it called - Troglidyte Dividend company.
Has always Risen - for the past 140 years - even if with borrowed money.
Several years - over a dozen - and it took just this long to realize that I essentially work for the dividends. And that the dividends work against me.
They close down or reduce my benefits, can't even count the ways at this point. They reduce my salary over time. At a dozen plus years, my time is already designed to be done!
The returns of the EM dividend were better when stock was at 50. Almost 10% annual.
But 5% is still good. For the barstool buffetts as well as tapeworms.
I'm just not good with it anymore.