The international dividend portfolio reached an all-time-high in euros and almost in US-dollars by end of August 2019. Total portfolio value in USD is 506,822 and 461,209 in euro.
About
The International Dividend Portfolio objective is to generate dividend income every month, based on international dividend growth stocks and over the long-term preserve and grow the invested capital. The total return is expected to follow the MSCI World index and a dividend growth rate between 4%-9%.
Holdings are rarely sold as long as dividend pay-outs are not cut and managed with a “buy-and-hold investor” mind-set. The International Dividend Portfolio contains mainly US and European stocks, so mature markets, but the related companies will often have exposure to emerging markets as well.
Key Metrics
In 2009 the virtual International Dividend Model Portfolio started with €100,000 or $ 140,000 ,10 US dividend stocks and 5 European dividend stocks. The holdings value grew with an 14% annually year in euros and 12% in dollars, as you can see in the table below. Due to currency fluctuation, the European investor benefited more from the dollar holdings.
| Holdings Value (€) | Holdings Value ($) | |
| Start 2009 | € 100,000 | $ 140,000 |
| End 2017 | € 378,000 | $ 454,000 |
| End 2018 | € 385,000 | $ 441,000 |
| Aug 2019 | € 461,000 | $ 506,000 |
Also, the goal of a dividend growth rate between 4%-9% has been accomplished, since the average dividend growth rate of this portfolio has been 9.6% in euros and 7.2% in dollars.
See below more details on how the value of this international dividend portfolio has evolved over time.
Chart 1: International dividend portfolio – current year.
Chart 2: International dividend portfolio 2009-2019
Getting started
We created the International Dividend Portfolio, so customers can follow a selection of international dividend stocks. Some investors could mirror the portfolio holding for holding, but others use the list to generate investment ideas and make sense of trends and risk/returns in their own portfolios.
If you decide to mirror the portfolio, our recommendation would be to invest equally across all holdings. This provides diversification between stocks, sectors, and currencies. Preferable the value of one individual stock is always below 5%-8%. Some holdings may appear undervalued and some overvalued, so we provide some guidelines/rules when to buy or not to buy. Please take into account that there is currency risk.
More details and the dividend stocks in portfolio are available to members.
