{"id":344,"date":"2020-03-28T09:22:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T09:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/?p=344"},"modified":"2020-03-28T09:22:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T09:22:15","slug":"should-invest-in-dividend-stocks-amid-the-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/should-invest-in-dividend-stocks-amid-the-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Invest in Dividend Stocks Amid the Coronavirus?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<p>Coronavirus has now taken hold of\nIndia by its neck. As of now, the country has reported 873 total confirmed\ncases till today (March 28) following a spike, with 19 dead. Now the whole\ncountry is under lockdown. The coronavirus pandemic has a huge <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/coronavirus-impact-on-indian-stock-market\/\">impact\non the Indian stock market<\/a><\/strong>\nwhich has halted a couple of times in recent days when the domestic indices \u2013\nNifty &amp; SENSEX hit their 10 per cent lower circuit levels. &nbsp;It is not just in India but the whole Asian\nmarket is in absolute turmoil as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc around\nthe world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many investors convinced to not <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/how-to-build-wealth-by-investing-in-stocks\/\">investing\nin stocks<\/a><\/strong> amid the coronavirus instead ready to pull everything out of\nthe market until things don\u2019t return to normal. Investors who are holding heavy\nequity-based investment portfolio have witnessed a substantial loss in value in\nthe last couple of weeks. But, other investors aren\u2019t panicked from the\nsituation and not selling-off their stock position. On the contrary, they are\nlooking to identify the stocks that are available at great discounts and can benefit\nthem in making large profits over time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In doing so, they once again turn to the dividend stocks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list\"><li><a href=\"#Why_Dividend_Stock_is_the_Hot_Choice\" title=\"Why Dividend Stock is the Hot Choice?\">Why Dividend Stock is the Hot Choice?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Invest_in_Dividend_Stocks_amid_the_CoronavirusIs_it_Safe\" title=\"Invest in Dividend Stocks amid the Coronavirus\u2026Is it Safe?\">Invest in Dividend Stocks amid the Coronavirus\u2026Is it Safe?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Dividend Stock is the Hot Choice?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors are now once again\nluring to invest in dividend stocks as the <strong><a href=\"invest19.com\/blog\/growth-vs-dividend-stocks-meaning-comparison-where-to-invest-in\/\">dividend\nstocks<\/a><\/strong> tend to be a great investment option to have consistent income\nin near-term especially when the returns from the equities are at risk. It is because\nthe dividend stocks are quality stocks of large reputable companies that have a\nsustainable business model, strong balance sheet, a long track record of\ndividend payouts, and rising cash flows that can provide with a non-taxable\npassive income without selling-off the shares. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, these companies have\nstrong fundamentals which very unlikely to become a victim of high volatility\nin the market, and thus consider best for long-term investments. Besides,\ninvestors have this believe that dividend stocks tend to outperform the growth\nstocks in the long-term. Well, truth to be told, it is witnessed on several\ndifferent circumstances in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Invest in Dividend Stocks amid the Coronavirus\u2026Is it Safe?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By now you must\u2019ve got the idea: <em>Dividend stocks are almost profitable and poised\nto survive whatever the disruption is thrown to their way.<\/em> With the\ncoronavirus outbreak, many dividend stocks are available at discounted prices\nand considered safe-haven for investors as the companies will highly likely to\nrecover from this recession when the market turns which will result in both\nways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, benefit from short-term consistent cash flows in the form of dividends and second, appreciation in stock value over-time once the bullish sentiment starts flowing in the market. The Indian market has now in an extended period of panic, it is the right time to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/how-to-buy-and-sell-shares-online-for-beginners\/\">buy shares<\/a><\/strong>. However, investors must be prepared for immense volatility shortly as the situation is not under control and the country is making preparations for phase 3 of coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, you cannot take it granted\nthat dividend stock will surely benefit you in the long-term as the bottom of\nthe market is not yet found. And let\u2019s be honest: most of us believe that the market\nwill continue to fall. We don\u2019t know how the stock will behave in the future?\nThey may rise or fall even more. But, it\u2019s a mistake to wait for them to fall.\nThe stocks are already at discounted prices. Aggressive buy during such a crisis\ncan help in making profits and building wealth to achieve long-term financial\ngoals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, to ensure you don\u2019t fall\nprey of the volatility you should make some tough decisions like you don\u2019t know\nhow long this lockdown will be? \u2013 So, it is important to have some cash on\nhands before making new investments as your forthcoming investments will not\nmuch of any benefit in short-term. Because any money you will invest right now\nwill be locked away for years to achieve the future financial goals. And if you\nhave investments in the market then please don\u2019t sway by your emotions and hold\non to your investments unless if you have an immediate need of cash. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investing in dividend stocks in\nthe current market dip can address your long-term goals and need for cash in\nshort-term. But, be careful! <\/p>\n<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 3,186<\/span><\/div><div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"344\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"ip\" data-ip-check=\"0\" data-user-check=\"1\">\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\n                    <\/a>\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">2    <\/span>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coronavirus has now taken hold of India by its neck. As of now, the country has reported 873 total confirmed cases till today (March 28) [&hellip;] <span class=\"read-more-link\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/should-invest-in-dividend-stocks-amid-the-coronavirus\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10],"tags":[80,78,79],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stock-market","category-investment","category-featured","tag-coronavirus-stock-investment","tag-dividend-stocks","tag-stock-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invest19.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}