This just in; big juicy Canadian dividends beat the market . That was the finding revealed in this Norman Rothery article in the Globe and Mail. I am sorry dividend deniers, it’s not good news. Big Canadian Dividend payers beat the market by some 3.8%, on average per year. From that Globe article … And […]
Living off of the dividends and that 4% rule.
Dividends are so popular. That’s an understatement. Government agencies have forced that upon us. We live in a low yield environment. Bonds come up way short in the task of delivering safer income for retirees. Naturally, investors turn to dividends. Can we live off of the dividend income? The yield on iShares Core Universe Bond […]
The Canadian Dividend Aristocrats on Weekend Reads.
This week I penned on the US Dividend Aristocrats. That’s a group of S&P 500 constituents that have increased their dividends every year for 25 years (or more). In Canada, we’re not so picky, the Canadian Aristocrats are companies that have increased their dividends for 5 years or more. For a backgrounder on these Canadian […]
The Dividend Aristocrats in Canada and the US.
The Dividend Aristocrats may form the bedrock of dividend growth investing in the US. Many investors trust the divining rod of a meaningful dividend growth history. It takes an incredibly successful company to make its way into the venerable S&P 500 index. For a company to then be able to increase its dividend every year […]
Using Canadian Dividend ETFs as your core Canadian holding.
As warm and cuddly and comforting as are dividends, the subject or investment approach can lead to some lively debates. Many will write (or build podcasts on the subject) that dividends simply don’t matter. On that, here’s a measured response from Mike at The Dividend Guy blog. Please have a read of Should I Go […]
The All-Stock Model ETF Portfolios – 2018 Review.
I recently looked at the returns of the Balanced Model ETF Portfolios on Cut The Crap Investing. Here’s the article and Why They Outperformed The Vanguard Portfolios in 2018. Those Balanced Portfolios were benchmarked against the wonderful Vanguard One Ticket Solutions. That is, you can purchase a complete globally diversified portfolio by entering one ticker […]