Our retirement portfolio gained another 3.1% in April, after the 8.50% jump in March 2021, which is in line with the Dow Jones performance. The Dow Jones rose about 2.7% this month, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 5.4% in April. The benchmark for this portfolio, Invesco’s High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD), also gained and…
Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett’s investment conglomerate, reported Q1-2021 figures this Saturday. Its results are rebounding from the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and will extend its stock repurchases by buying back $6.6 billion. Operating profit increased 20% to $7.02 billion, from $5.87 billion last year. Berkshire also reported a net income of $11.71 billion, …
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. In Europe, it is not common to focus on paying a dividend in a row ( consecutive years) to the shareholders. Only 35 UK stocks…
Dividend Aristocrat Exxon Mobil (XOM) outperformed expectations over Q1-2021, driven by rising oil prices and cutting costs. The American energy group reported Q1-figures on Friday. Net income was $2.73 billion, or 64 cents per share, in the first quarter, compared with a loss of $610 million, or 14 cents per share, a year earlier. “The…
Dividend Aristocrat and oil giant Chevron (CVX) declared a quarterly dividend of $1.34 per share, which is an increase of five cents ($0.05) per share or approximately 4 percent from the prior dividend of $1.29. The dividend is payable June 10, 2021, to all holders of common stock at the close of business May 19,…
Dividend Aristocrat AT&T (T) reported on Thursday better than expected Q1 result, mainly driven by a boost in smartphone sales and the media business. AT&T’s wireless division, added 595,000 phone customers, up from 163,000 in the same period in 2020. It also added 207,000 prepaid phone customers. In the Media entertainment unit (warner), revenue rose…
Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, have been suffering due to COVID-19. However, REITs could offer benefits to a retirement portfolio such as a stable source of dividend income and can protect against inflation. Several REITs could provide a stable income in your retirement portfolio since they pay monthly dividends. In the US, there are…
The European dividend aristocrats Geberit (CH0030170408) and Ahold Delhaize (NL0011794037) paid a dividend today. Both companies are part of the European Dividend Aristocrats tracker and have increased their dividends for at least 10 consecutive years. Geberit Dividend Geberit paid a dividend of CHF 11.40 which is an increase of 0.9% compared to last year’s CHF…
The European Dividend Aristocrats certificate outperformed the EURO STOXX-50 index in the last month. The European Dividend Aristocrats gained 5.81%, while the index gained 3.58%. Leaders and Laggards It is always interesting to have a closer look at the different European dividend aristocrats stocks and how they performed since the inception date (2020-5-20) of this…
Our latest Dividend newsletter is now available to our members. In the April 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 Retirement Portfolio (US)…