U.S. 2020/q3 …. In the good old days, investing in savings accounts or long-term bonds were probably the best thing to do for low risk and steady returns. And letting your savings grow passively via compound interest was the right investment strategy. However, today short-term interest rates are near zero and risk-free assets aren’t really risk free anymore. Long-term government bonds can deliver large “real” losses if inflation picks up in the future. This means income investors need an active strategy to manage their funds. With these ideas, I have made a detailed search for dividend stocks with long histories of dividend increases year in year out and in the…