For the past two years, the U.S. stock market has been at a virtual standstill as the Dow Jones industrial average has hovered at around 10,000. Investors are distrustful of corporate earnings reports and skeptical about Wall Street's projections. So perhaps it's no surprise that stodgy dividend stocks—blue-chip companies with modest but consistent single-digit earnings growth—have returned as an investment of choice. As Frank M. Felicelli, portfolio manager of the Franklin Equity Income fund, puts it, "It's back-to-basics investing."
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机译：在过去两年中，道琼斯工业平均指数徘徊在10,000点左右，美国股市实际上处于停滞状态。投资者对公司收益报告不信任，对华尔街的预测表示怀疑。因此，也许不奇怪的是，股息低迷的股票（回报率适中但始终保持个位数增长的蓝筹公司）已成为首选投资。正如富兰克林股票收入基金的投资组合经理弗兰克·费利切利（Frank M. Felicelli）所说，“这是回到基础的投资”。
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