Given the recent market volatility, dividends are important to equity investors even though they are increasingly plentiful. Indeed, approximately 400 constituents within the S&P 500 currently paid a dividend at the end of September 2023, while over 600 of the S&P Mid-Cap 400 and S&P Small-Cap 600 index companies do so. However, a select group [...] The post Are Dividends Payers Royalty or the Top Dog? appeared first on ETF Trends .