Key Points: Buffet and his team added Kroger Inc (KR) and Aon PLC (AON) in the second quarter. Sold 10% of Berkshire Hathaway’s General Motors (GM), in total 7,000,000 shares. Apple (AAPL) remains unchanged and is the largest stake in this portfolio with ~41%. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made several changes to its equity portfolio…
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. To implement the Dog of the Dow strategy is simple, just take the amount of money you would like…
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…
Key points: The UK Dividend Aristocrats Index is created by S&P and is based on a managed dividends policy of increasing or stable dividends for at least 10 consecutive years. Only 40 UK stocks are a member of this list. In Europe, it is not common to focus on paying a dividend in a row…
Almost 60% of the companies in the S&P 500 have reported results for Q2 2021 to date. 88% of these companies have reported EPS that are above estimates. At this point in time, 10% of the Dividend Aristocrats reported EPS that are below estimates. 8 Dividend Aristocrats still have to report earnings in August. It…
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 5.78% this month after the 4.3% in June. European Dividend Aristocrats – June results The European Dividend…
Our latest Dividend newsletter is now available for our members. In the August 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. Including a section on the Q2-2021 results 2. Dividend…
Our retirement portfolio posted a strong gain of 3.29% in July and is up 12.72% for this year. The S&P 500 index rose about 2.38% last month The benchmark for this portfolio, Invesco’s High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD), lost another 0.60% after the -1.97% drop in June. Since its inception in January 2017,…
U.S. equities ended July in positive territory, with the S&P 500 (SPX) posting a gain of 2%, despite concerns about the COVID “delta variant”, and rising inflation. Several Dividend Aristocrats reported strong Q2-2021 earnings and improved outlooks for 2021 in the last two weeks. In July, the Defensive Aristocrats outperformed the S&P 500 index. …
The ranking of the top 10 Dividend Aristocrats to buy today, is based on expected annual returns through 2026, so their 5 years future total returns. Only Dividend Aristocrats with a Dividend Risk Score above 65 are included. These top 10 stocks represent attractive long-term buys for dividend growth investors. Estimating the expected 5…