Back in August, I created a filter to find the best US dividend stocks. My criteria were the following: - Dividend yield over 3% - Stock price over $10.00 - Payout Ratio under 60% Then, with your comments, I decided to pull out another search for the Top US dividend stocks by changing my filters for the following: - Dividend yield over 3% - Maximum dividend yield 7% - Payout Ratio under 60% - Dividend growth (min 5% annualized growth over 5 years) - P/E ratio under …
As we all know; there are a lot of dividend investors in the market. Some like the thought of getting paid quarterly, others think it is the best growth model for an investment portfolio but all agree that dividend investing works. And it sure does. But I am under the impression that this investment strategy will gain even more momentum in 2011. Dividend Investing is Solid For those who are looking for long term portfolio growth, dividend investing seems to be a very interesting model. …
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I have been toying with this idea for the past 6 months. The reason why I haven’t made a move yet is that I was too busy managing debts and moving into my new house. Now that I am settled, I am again looking at the low borrowing rates and the high dividend yields paid by good companies and am asking myself; “Is it too good to be true?”. I live in Canada and I currently have the possibility to borrow money below the prime rate (I enjoy a discount since I work for a bank). Therefore, my …
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We are quickly heading into the last quarter of 2010 while the stock market has been boiling for the past couple of weeks. After the worries generated by the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) back in May and the enormous US deficit, investors seem to be comforted by the good news coming from US companies. When we talk about good news, we also talk about dividend stocks maintaining or increasing their dividends. So let’s take a look at what happened in Q3 2010 in the world of …
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I recently met with one of my friends who is an investment broker. We were talking about the US stock market and how there are plenty of investing opportunities for dividend investors at the moment. This is when he showed me his dividend holdings. He explained to me that since most US stocks are undervalued right now, the chances of building a high paying dividend stock portfolio is very good. Since most of you have already have a great dividend portfolio, I thought of sharing his and give you …
It is no longer a secret to any investor, the best banks in the world are found in Canada. We have only 6 “big banks” and one of them (National Bank; TSE: NA) is established mostly in only one province (therefore really a regional bank). This interesting banking model established a long time ago is controlled by the tight federal laws. This ensures that big banks don’t take huge risks and therefore, they maintain solid balance sheets. As of October 1st , the average dividend yield offered …
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