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Created: 2025-07-18 20:25:36 UTC

X. From 1940–2024, dividend’s contribution to the total return of the S&P XXX Index averaged 34%.

In the 1940s and 1970s, dividends accounted for over XX% of the total returns.

And in the 2000’s… The S&P XXX had negative returns.

Dividends were the only source of positive return that decade.

That’s exactly why living off dividends can help protect retirees from sequence of return risk.

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