Author: Steve Mauzy, Wyatt Investment Research

Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett’s primary investment vehicle, owns a huge stock portfolio that’s heavily concentrated toward the top. The top 10 holdings account for 80% of the portfolio value… and all 10 stocks pay a dividend. What’s more, nine of the 10 are dividend-growth stocks — so the stream of dividends they pay to Berkshire Hathaway rises each year

Don’t let stock market volatility bring you down. The right dividend stocks will help keep you afloat.

In short, the research supports it.

Both are long-term recommendations. One yields 9% and is bought for consistent high-yield income, not share-price appreciation. The other exemplifies the power of buy-and-hold when combined with dividend growth.

In short, if you wait for perfection before delving into the market, you’ll wait in perpetuity.