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. Data is based…
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…
In brief: The Dividend Aristocrats list is a select group of companies in the S&P 500 Index that have increased dividends every year for the last 25 straight years. These US companies have historically provided (slightly) better performance and (slightly) lower volatility than the S&P 500 as a whole and are a great source for…
Our retirement portfolio gained 4.76% in October and is up 14.12% for this year. The benchmark for this portfolio, Invesco’s High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD), gained 1.96%. Since its inception in January 2017, the initial investment of $100,000 in this portfolio would have grown to $168,832, which is well ahead of our dividend…
For dividend growth investors in Europe, we created a European Dividend Aristocrats certificate to easily track and invest in the European edition of the famous Dividend Aristocrats. With respect to its performance, the European Dividend Aristocrats gained another 4.71% in October European Dividend Aristocrats – October 2021 results The European Dividend Aristocrats portfolio (EUDIVAR) jumped…
Our International Dividend Portfolio gained an excellent 8.25% in US$ 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…