Or buy individual stocks that grow their dividends faster than inflation. My current portfolio has an average of 8% dividend growth. Up until this year was way ahead of inflation.
That’s great. What are some good stocks that will be increasing the dividend greater than inflation over the next 10 years? Without excessive risk that the company will implode. Let me see…it’s 1980 and General Motors looks good. So does Lucent Technologies. IBM is always solid. And Lehman Brothers is a “rock” in the financial world. And don’t forget Westinghouse (“you can be sure if it’s Westinghouse”) and General Electric. I’ll just load up on today’s equivalent of those and live off the dividends for the rest of my life!