Why Should Retirees Pay Attention to Dividend Returns?

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In this video, Thomas Brock explains that because of the prolonged low interest rate environment, retirees who traditionally relied on fixed income products for cash flow are increasingly turning to dividend-paying stocks for income.
Video Transcript

Historically, retirees have focused on fixed income products to get the cash flow they need to live.

This has been bonds, annuities, bank loans, other fixed income products. But we've been living in a low rate environment for so long that these people have been forced to look for other income streams. And dividend stocks are one such example.