You can comfortably collect dividends while waiting for results to improve.The S&P 500 index, a popular benchmark used to measure U.S. large-cap stocks, has risen 12.7% over the last year through Oct. 10.While that measures a group of stocks, certain individual ones have done better than others in this capitalization-weighted index. For instance, technology investors have no doubt been pleased with the S&P 500 Information Technology index's 22.9% gain during this time. However, that leaves room to examine s ...