At the beginning of the year, I used my Holidays to write The 2012 Best Dividend Stock eBook. I completed 30 analyses of 21US and 9 Canadian stocks. The reason why I had picked these dividend payers and not others was the result of using several filters. While it’s fun to make lists and talk about them, I feel that bloggers and financial journalists often fail to follow-up on their selections. This is why I decided to take a look back at my predictions and see how well (or …
Dividend Growth Index 2012 Q1 Update
Back in September, a group of dividend bloggers launched The Dividend Growth Index. This is a dividend portfolio of 24 stocks (US and CDN). Each quarter, we follow our picks and the overall portfolio results. By following our blogs, it allows you to track closely 24 great dividend stocks and how they perform over time. This is now our 2nd Quarter and we are already seeing some changes. Unfortunately, one of our participants, Wealthy Canadian, had to quit blogging …
TSX 60 Dividend Yield and Ex-Dividend Date
This is our monthly update on the TSX 60 dividend yield and ex-dividend date. Here are a few observations for this month: Have you seen Magna International (MG) soars during Q1? It’s up 40%! (I’ve picked it for my 2012 Best Dividend Stocks eBook back in January!) Both Loblaws (L) and Weston (WN) offer good dividend and low payout ratio. In addition to that, they are both linked together (Weston owns Loblaws). I’ve read a recent article …
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You Are Thinking About Retiring? You Must Read This Article
Throughout many conversations I have had with some of you following my recent newsletter offering, I thought I would address a very interesting point that came from one of your main concerns. In that newsletter, I was discussing various investing issues and asking my readers what their main concern was. I asked you this question because I am finishing the final lines of my 2nd dividend eBook and wanted to make sure I’ve covered everything. One of the recurring issues was …
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$39K in Dividend The Power of Dividend Growth
A loyal reader, Chereen, asked me the following question via email: “I would like to retire with a yearly income of $39,000. I wonder how much I need to put aside in order to receive this amount in dividends each year”. A blunt answer would be the following: “Assume a 3.5% dividend yield and divide $39,000 by 3.5%. You will get $1,114,285. This is your magic number”. Well, technically, if you invest $1,114,285 today and build a dividend …
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Dividend Growth Index Ranking
Back in January, I started a power ranking over our Dividend Growth Index. The ranking was done purely based on my perception of each stock. Unfortunately, I couldn’t analyze all 24 stocks. This is why the ranking was not fair for all stocks (especially since I didn’t know all of them inside & out). I’m trying it again this month with a different method. I’m actually rating the 24 stocks according to my secret algorithm (I’m playing Google here ;-) lol!). But seriously …
