I have been fully invested for many years now, mostly in dividend paying stocks. I have watched my net worth go up and down, but that no longer matters to me since I am retired. My only concern is income. During the past 5 years, no matter how my net worth fluctuated (and I am at an all time high right now), my income either stayed the same or grew. The advantages of the dividend stocks is that I have never had to touch a penny of my principal in retirement. But to (finally) answer your question.....I hope that this great bull market of the last 3 months, combined with a lot of positive economic data, will encourage a lot of money sitting on the sidelines to jump back into equities and build momentum higher. But if not, I'm not concerned.....as long as those dividends don't get cut. By the way, through the crises of 2008, none of my dividends got cut and in fact, some were increased.
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