Joshua Benton - Analyst, Real Wealth and Managing Editor, South African Investor

You may find it hard to believe but dividends accounted for over 90% of returns for US Investors over the last century. That’s according to a study conducted by the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, in 2010. And if that’s not enough to make you want a few dividend stock payers in your portfolio, then consider that more than half of Warren Buffett’s wealth can be attributed to… Dividends! As I’ll show you in a moment, dividend stock payers in SA have also been significant wealth builders for South African investors.