How To Invest For Secure Retirement With Big Dividends, 5.7% Yield

2026-05-30 08:30:00 ET

Introduction:

The market had an incredible run since 2023 in spite of a turbulent ride and a highly volatile geopolitical situation. Markets never move in a linear fashion, and the ups and downs of the market are what make the market. Since the lows of Sept. 2022, the S&P500 has gained roughly 119%, that is an annualized rate of 23.5%, just for the broader market. Broadly speaking, the last 10 years have been a wonderful time to be invested in the stock market, even though the period includes some unprecedented events like COVID and many volatile geopolitical events such as the Russia-Ukraine war and, more recently, the Iran war. In summary, over the past 10 years, investors have had a very good period. It is not always like that. Investors who are old enough would remember the lost decade of 2000-2010. Incidentally, the current market situation has some resemblance to the exuberance of the internet boom years 1997-1999 period, just prior to the dot-com bust in 2000. Many technology firms, such as Cisco, did not achieve their previous highs for the next 15 years. Investors in many high-flying companies of those days were entirely wiped out. On the other hand, many of the technology companies, such as Amazon, lost a lot of value for a brief period but survived and thrived later on....

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