Our International Dividend Portfolio gained an excellent 8.25% in US$ and 8.57% in euros in October. Year-to-date the performance is now 27.83% in euros for this Dividend Portfolio. After the exceptional streak of seven straight monthly gains, with an average of 2.73%, September hit our portfolio hard with a negative performance of -5.89%. It is…
In brief: 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. The Dividend Kings price return in October is 3.87% While the S&P…
Our latest Dividend newsletter is now available for our members. In the November 2021 edition, you will find the following items: 1. Monthly recap Recap of last month’s stock market’s most relevant news and performance in the US and Europe with a focus on dividend stocks. 2. Dividend Portfolios International dividend portfolio, including buy/sells Retirement…
Oil giant Exxon Mobil (XOM) raises quarterly dividend by by a penny to $0.88/share, this is a 1.1% increase from prior dividend of $0.87. This dividend hike means that Exxon will keep its dividend aristocrat status, which has been at risk for a long time, since the COVID-19 heavily impacted Exxon’s earnings. Exxon has now…
In brief: The Top 10 best Dividend Kings are ranked using our expected total return for the next 5 years and the dividend score. A dividend king will give you by default at least 50 years of consecutive dividend increases. These top 10 stocks represent attractive long-term buys for dividend growth investors. Estimating the expected…
Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) becomes more important to shareholders. Investors paying more attention to ESG stocks and the number of companies that report on CSR are still growing. The 30 companies being part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average are publishing corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports. In previous articles, we already…
In brief: The Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of 30 blue-chip stocks. For dividend investors, this is an interesting list, since 27 of the 30 companies pay a dividend. The ranking of the top-5 Dow Stocks to buy today is based on expected annual returns as indicated by Wallstreet’s analysts. These stocks could represent attractive…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) consists of 30 blue-chip stocks. For dividend investors, this is an interesting list, since most “Dow-30” companies pay a dividend. Many stocks are able to increase their dividend for several consecutive years. The top-yielding Dow stocks all have dividends that are well above average yields in the stock…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of 30 blue-chip stocks. For dividend investors, this is an interesting list, since 27 of the 30 companies pay a dividend. Many stocks are able to increase their dividend for several consecutive years. The top-yielding Dow stocks all have dividends that are well above average yields in the stock…
The Dividend Aristocrats lost 5.67% in September and lagged the broader S&P 500 by 1.02%. The Dividend Aristocrats are a select group of currently 65 S&P 500 stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. By showing the recent performance of the Dividend Aristocrats, some active dividend growth investors may be able to identify relative…