Fear and Greed have always dominated the stock market. They become magnified in times of great stress. In recent years, the turbulent stock market has made many ordinary investors turn to dividend-paying stocks. It is an intelligent attempt to balance their investment portfolio's risks and return due to uncertainty in capital gain from share price appreciation. Many know that this defensive investing could preserve the value of their investment and ease them through the turbulent times without eliminating their stake in the firms or at least keep it at a negligible risk while waiting for the next market adjustment to reap the capital gains.