After a strong Q2 performance, our International Dividend Portfolio gained another 1.23% (in USD) in July and is now down -2.93% for the year, which is still an outperformance compared to the European or US Dividend Aristocrats. In euros, the performance has been impacted substantially due to the weakening of the dollar versus the euro.…
The Defensive Dividend Aristocrats rallied again and outperformed the S&P 500 index last month. US equities continued their rally in July, the S&P 500 gained 5.6% and the Dividend Aristocrats followed closely with 5.13%. The investors struggled a bit mix signals, weak macroeconomic data, concerns on the COVID-19 virus combined with Fed stimulus, and some…
Our retirement portfolio gained 5.35% in July 2020, close to the S&P 500’s performance of 5.9% and outperforming Invesco’s High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD), which was up 2.53%. Since its inception in January 2017, our portfolio has returned 13.9%, which is behind the S&P 500 (56.8%) but well ahead of our dividend ETF benchmark…
Dividend Aristocrat PPG Industries (PPG) raises its dividend by ~6% and this is the 48th consecutive year with respect to dividend increases. PPG, a manufacturer, and distributor of coatings, specialty materials, and glass products, declared a $0.54/share quarterly dividend, this is a 5.9% increase from the prior dividend of $0.51 per share. The current forward…
European Dividend Aristocrat and Supermarket giant Ahold Delhaize NV reported a 78% surge in second-quarter earnings related to the coronavirus. The 2020 interim dividend is €0.50, up 67% Underlying operating income was €1.01 billion, up 78% from 594 million euros in the same period a year ago, on comparable sales of €19.1 billion, up 15.9%.…
Oil giant BP halved its shareholder payout from 10.5 cents to 5.25 cents per share for the second quarter after reporting a record loss of $16.8bn. The loss is huge and uncomparable with a profit of $1.8bn for the same period last year. This is the first dividend cut for BP since the Deepwater Horizon…
About Estimating the expected 5 years future total returns are based on two main components for dividend growth stocks: Dividend yield Change in share price The change in share price often comes from dividend growth which is mainly driven by earnings per share growth and the difference between the share price and the fair value.…
About Estimating the expected 5 years future total returns are based on two main components for dividend growth stocks: Dividend yield Change in share price The change in share price often comes from dividend growth which is mainly driven by earnings per share growth and the difference between the share price and the fair value.…
The Dividend Kings are the best in class with respect to dividend endurance. A Dividend King is a stock with 50 or more consecutive years of dividend increases. The Dividend Kings list can be a good source for selecting dividend stocks. While the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index consists of over 60 stocks, which includes companies…
The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of currently 63 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. These 63 are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole. By showing the recent performance of the Dividend Aristocrats, some active…