I did not know until recently the meaning of DGI - 'Dividend Growth Investor'.
I hardly knew what Retirement Investing was - I'm sub-50 in age.
But apparently there have been multiple generations of retirees living on our great Technology.
So the current dividend return (last quarter) for EM stock is 9.4% annually.
About the Mortgage or Safe-Loan rate during Jimmy Carter days.
They tell me that was pretty high times. Oil Embargo and other troubles.
The current 10-year Treasury bond in US is what? 1.2%.
One might think: "Can you beat that? Nearly 10%!!".
This article thinks indeed you can beat it!
Like an old mule or an old hand-tied Shiraz carpet from the floors of Dallas.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4374048-retirement-strategy-2020-miserable-for-humanity-and-exxon-mobil-make-things-worse-for-dgi