The cloud-based data-warehousing company Snowflake IPO will trade next week under the ticker SNOW. The IPO includes commitments from Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) and Salesforce Ventures part of Salesforce(CRM) . Berkshire will buy $570 million worth of shares in Snowflake. Participating in an initial public offering is an unusual step for Buffett since the normal…
Our retirement portfolio gained 2.77% in August 2020, which is below the S&P 500’s performance of 5.9% and outperforming Invesco’s High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD), which was up 1.81%. Since its inception in January 2017, this portfolio has returned 10.58% per year, which is well ahead of our dividend ETF benchmark (0.27%). The portfolio…
The ranking of the top 10 Dividend Aristocrats to buy today, is based on expected annual returns through 2025, so their 5 years future total returns. These 10 stocks represent attractive long-term buys for dividend growth investors. Estimating the expected 5 years future total returns are based on two main components for dividend growth stocks:…
The European Dividend Aristocrats are based (by S&P) on the 40 highest dividend-yielding Eurozone companies within the S&P Europe Broad Market Index (BMI). European Dividend Aristocrats managed dividends policy of increasing or stable dividends for at least 10 consecutive years, which is different from the US-edition. This article lists the current European Dividend Aristocrat constituents…
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…