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My 2016 Dividend Growth Report – Or How a Low Yield Portfolio is a Good Thing

Dividend Growth, Personal Update, Retirement

As is the case each year, I make a few transactions in my portfolio. As you may already know, I do very little tracking of my investing performance throughout the year. I’ve already discussed why I see little interest in reporting my dividend income and I prefer to measure my performance against the stock market in general or dividend focused ETFs such as VIG and XDV. However, I still look at my portfolio recap provided by my broker at the end of each year. Surprisingly, I found that my …

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My 3 Favorite Canadian Stocks for RRSP Season

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Canadian Dividend Stocks, Investing Strategy, Retirement

During the month of February, several Canadians will make an RRSP contribution in order to benefit from a tax deduction from their income. For this reason, you will be among many to have fresh cash in your account and wonder where to invest your money. Using the 7 dividend growth investing principles, I’ve identified three companies offering growth opportunities for 2017. Agrium (AGU) & Potash (POT) Source: Ycharts Investment Thesis I’ve included those two companies as the …

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RRSP Strategies I Like

Investing Strategy, Retirement

We are already in February and if you have been too busy with your 2017 resolutions, you may have forgotten the RRSP season is about to end soon. February is the last month you can contribute to your Registered Retirement Savings Plan. This Canadian program has been created to help you build your retirement nest egg. You would be a fool not to take advantage of it. I’ll start this article with a quick refresh of RRSP basics and then, I’ll share with you my favorite RRSP strategies. What is a …

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13 Companies to build a Dividend Growth Portfolio with 10 years to go

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Canadian Dividend Stocks, Investing Strategy, Principles, Retirement

In my latest article, I’ve discussed the metrics I would use to make a selection of dividend paying companies if I had only 10 years to build my portfolio. The idea of using a shorter time horizon was to show how limited you could be if you only select companies that are currently paying an interesting dividend now. When I wrote my first article about metrics to be used, I didn’t pull the stock filter yet. I just did in order to write this post. I’m not surprised, but the choice is very limited …

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What 10 Years of Data Shows About High Yield and Low Yield Dividend Stocks

Blog, Retirement

Last week, I started some work on the difference between a low yield and high yield portfolio. My first conclusion was that for a limited investment horizon (less than 20 years), the high yield portfolio seems to be the better option. In other words, this is a good rationale for retirees for aiming at companies paying dividend yields over 5%. I was quite surprised to notice that it would take 20 years for the low dividend yield portfolio to compensate with stronger dividend growth to reach the …

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Dividend Growth Vs High Yield Vs Retirement

Blog, Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy, Retirement

A little while ago, I wrote an article on the key metrics for a dividend growth investor. This lengthy article was about each metric I personally use to manage my portfolio and create successful portfolio models at Dividend Stocks Rocks. Following on this article, many readers commented with their thoughts. A topic that was recurrent was that I focus more on the growth aspect of my portfolio (both portfolio value increases and dividend payment increase). On the other side, I am also more open to …

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