The 'Magnificent Five' Of Dividend Growth (2019-2024)

skegbydave/E+ via Getty Images Five years ago this month, the UK was debating the terms of Brexit, the U.S.-China trade war saw fresh tariffs on both sides, and no one had even heard of COVID-19. That September, the Federal Reserve lowered the funds rate to 1.75% and the top-performing stocks on the year thus far were semiconductor companies, led by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Lam Research (LRCX), and KLA Corporation (KLAC). (The $100B market cap of Nvidia (NVDA) at the time wouldn't make the top 100 toda ...