Dividends are like the golden child's of the stock investment world. If you take a look back at stock history you'll see that dividend stocks are the safest stocks to invest in because not only does the price on them not change much but when they price does change for the worse the change in price is often off set by the dividend income you receive. This makes dividend stocks the ultimate investment tool for investors who want to safely own stocks and getting an income at the same time. If you own a collection of dividend stocks and you continue to build up your portfolio until you retire, during your retirement years you can get a nice large steady income from your stocks to support yourself. And the really good thing about dividend stocks is that you don't have to sell them to get the money you want.

With stocks that don't pay a dividend or don't pay a large enough dividend to be worth investing in for a dividend over the long wrong. These kind of stocks you have to sell in order to get your money from them. And when you sell the stocks the shares are gone and you can't get them back unless you buy more stocks. So your basically uprooting your money making tree without putting down a replacement. The beauty of dividend stocks is that not only does the dividend increase but the stock price also increases and to take your wealth out of the new money being put into the stock that you own you don't have to sell your stock to get profit.

This makes dividend stocks an ideal tool for people who want to live long and prosper and pass their wealth onto their family. Once the transfer of stocks is complete they will continue to pay dividends and grow. And since you don't have to sell them you never have to worry about running out of stocks like you would if you were only investing in stocks with capital gains potential and payments.

Antonio Seegars is the owner of the in-home computer repair company Hampton Roads Pc Repair

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