S&P 500: Lower Dividend Growth Projected Going Forward

Dividends are a great tool that can help amplify your investment and produce a nice income stream.  Not all dividends are created equal and there is certainly a level of due diligence that is required, particularly with the higher yielding stocks and assets, to avoid income traps that promise healthy yield, but lack the cash or assets to pay the yield. Additionally, it would benefit the potential investor to complete a dividend check up of the company to determine how many times they have cut dividend yield in their corporate history, how many times have the raised the dividend yield, etc.

Double digit dividend growth rates

Looking at dividend...