I will not sell XYZ as my yield on cost is now 8% I’m sure you have heard (or even said) this line a few times, haven’t you? Funny enough, I’ve also used this line to justify some of my holdings. For example, I’ve considered the yield on cost for my low dividend paying stocks. The idea is to show how a 1-2% dividend yield stocks could become a 3%+ yielder in a few years. Examples of companies like Disney (DIS) which pay around 1%-1.5% yield, but provide shareholders with a strong pay raise each …
Can Dividend Stocks Crash?
Are Dividend Stocks too good to be true? I’m a fierce defender of dividend growth investing. For the record, my portfolio is 100% invested in dividend paying stocks. Still, I think it’s time to wonder if a dividend bubble is about to bust… Dividend Growers to the top The popularity of dividend stocks has grown significantly over the past decade and there are several reasons for it. One of them is a magic word among investors; performance. Since the 2008 meltdown, dividend growers …
AbbVie: Growth and Dividends All In One
This is a guest post written by Bob Ciura with Sure Dividend. Sure Dividend focuses on long-term dividend growth investing. Stocks are typically grouped into one of two main categories, depending on their individual characteristics. Some are called growth stocks, which are those companies that are in the growth phase of their corporate maturity. These are usually companies that produce above-average revenue and earnings growth each year. Then, there are value stocks, which are cheaply …
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Valuation Model When The Market is Too High
Investing new money in the stock market hasn’t been an easy task for the past 2 years. We ran into our first market dip in 2016, boiled by investors’ worries. Then, clouds disappeared and opened the space for more sun to shine over the stock market. This is how both markets finished 2016 with great strength: Source: ycharts – dividend excluded While this is good news in the short term, investing in 2017 has been terribly difficult for most of us. Why? Because everything is …
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The Dividend Triangle – The Equation to Successful Dividend Growth Investing
Several investors spend years working on their investing model. They are somewhat convinced they will find the magic formula nobody did before. I sometimes have the feeling that investors are just looking everywhere but right in front of them. I’ve always managed my portfolio having the word “efficiency” in mind. When you think about it, dividend growth investing foundation is linked to only 3 pillars I call the “Dividend Triangle”. First, the company must make revenue. Without revenues, …
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Which other investing strategy do you follow?
I still remember the first year of my investing journey. I started investing at the age of 24. This was back in 2003 – one of the most perfect times to invest and make a lot of money. It was after the techno bubble, when I could barely keep up in my university classes because was too busy playing Tetrinet!, and before the catastrophic 2008 market collapse. With a strong financial background which was acquired through my bachelor’s degree and two summers working in an office of a derivatives …
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