Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty of an election year, U.S. equities recovered from their March lows to end the year on a high note based on vaccine hopes. The Dow Jones Index ended up +9.72% and the S&P 500 gained +18.40%. In 2020, the Dividend Aristocrats (8.68%) underperformed the S&P 500 index (18.40%)…
Summary The European Dividend Aristocrats are companies in the S&P Europe 350 index that have followed a policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 10 consecutive years. Full-year 2020 performance European Dividend Aristocrats -3.79%, versus the S&P Europe 350 index -2.79%. The European Dividend Aristocrats still outperformed the benchmark over the last…
The Dogs of The Dow is an investing strategy that consists of buying the 10 stocks with the highest dividend yield out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), an index of 30 large-cap U.S. stocks. The portfolio should be adjusted at the beginning of each year to include the 10 highest yielding stocks. It’s…
In brief: The Dividend Aristocrats are companies of the S&P 500 that have paid steadily increasing dividends for at least 25 years have outperformed the broader market over time. These 65 are large, US companies that have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole. Full-year 2020…
In this article: What are Dividend Kings, Aristocrats, Champions, Challengers, and Contenders? Which criteria are used to construct the Indices on European Dividend Stocks? Is there a true European Dividend Aristocrat index and ETF, comparable to the US Dividend Aristocrats? In our search for a true European Dividend Aristocrat index, we looked at the different…
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…
Start investing in European dividend growth stocks can be done for example with a basket of 15+ different individual dividend stocks to achieve differentiation and risk reduction. Alternatively, you could start with some European dividend ETF’s or Dividend oriented dividend funds and even with little money. There are several European (high-)dividend equities indices available…
Almost year-end and the end of far from normal year for investors, so time to revisit the Canadian dividend aristocrats. Like the US Dividend Aristocrats, the “Canadian” version is also created and maintained by S&P. The major difference is the number of consecutive years of dividend increases. To become a member of the Canadian…
The Dogs of The Dow is an investing strategy that consists of buying the 10 stocks with the highest dividend yield out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), an index of 30 large-cap U.S. stocks. The portfolio should be adjusted at the beginning of each year to include the 10 highest yielding stocks. It’s…
More negative news on Royal Dutch Shell. On Monday the oil giant said it will write down the value of oil and gas assets by $3.5 billion to $4.5 billion following a string of impairments this year as it adjusts to a weaker outlook. This is the third write down, after a $16.8 billion writedown…