Maybe I don't understand the chart, but I don't see any comparison to the MSCI World there. Regardless, it depends on the strategy. Few people can beat the market anyway. It sounds nice to shout that you can't beat the market with dividend stocks. But this is only half the truth. There are periods in which you can beat the market. Regardless of that: my goal is to build up a steady cash flow. Of course, I personally make sure that the value of the company at least runs sideways. Yes, you pay taxes on the dividend and yes, that reduces the return. If my growth company doesn't pay a dividend, then I save up for 30 years and then my company goes bust or makes a loss, blah, blah, blah, whatever. So my pension is "gone", no matter what happened before. I also focus on the pension. I calculate around how much money I can take out from when so I'm taken care of until 89 (hopefully I won't be 102). Or I shift into dividend stocks and just pay the tax then. And have the expense, etc. Pp. I, as an early 30 year old still go for dividends. Why do I do that? To be as flexible as possible. I can reinvest the dividends, but I can also pay myself a vacation without effectively going to my assets. I could lease a car, which is paid by dividends or or or. So I effectively already have something from it (for example my McDonalds McMenu at Christmas, sponsored at McDonalds itself). In addition, I can bequeath the thing and my heirs do not have to worry about anything, they do not even have to have the slightest idea about the stock market. Just leave it and continue to just get money all the time. They could pass that on, etc. (assuming all companies would exist forever (regardless of value)) So I don't see a zero-sum game here at all. I don't care where the company stands as long as I get my dividend. (Of course, I'm still happy to take the increase in the share price with me).
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@DividendenWaschbaer You speak from my soul
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