The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of currently 57 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. These 57 are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole. S&P 500 applies the following criteria to construct the Dividend Aristocrats…
In the three months of Q3-2019 this year, total payouts to shareholders grew 2.8% to a record of $ 355.3bn, according to the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index report. Global Dividend rise to $ 1.43 bln in 2019 British asset manager Janus Henderson expects global dividend payments to rise to $ 1.43 bln in 2019.…
The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of currently 57 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. These 57 are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole. S&P 500 applies the following criteria to construct the Dividend Aristocrats…
The new December 2019 Dividend Newsletter just went live and is available to subscribers and premium data members via the members section. Our Dividend Newsletter contains analysis on international dividend growth stocks, our defensive aristocrat selection, and our International Dividend Portfolio. We created the International Dividend Portfolio, so customers can follow a selection of international…
Important: change in our International Dividend Portfolio Given the poor performance and the high volatility of Casino, Guichard-Perrachon SA (CO.PA) in our portfolio, L’Oreal (OR.PA) will replace Casino. Furthermore, rebalancing will take place by selling part of the Unilever (UNIA.AS) holdings. L’Oreal is currently trading (12/3/2019) around € 250 with a current dividend yield of…
S&P Europe 350® Dividend Aristocrats® measure the performance of S&P Europe 350 constituents that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 10 consecutive years. The index benchmark is the S&P Europe 350 index Like the (US) Dividend Aristocrats “big brother”, the European Dividend Aristocrats also tend to outperform its…
U.S. equities continued their way up in November, helped by optimism around trade talks with China. The S&P 500 gained 3.63%, its biggest monthly gain since June, and year-to-date the S&P 500 is up around 27.6% and just below all-time high records. The Dow Jones (DJIA) jump even 3.72% The Dogs of the Dow are…