2 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends
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2 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends

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Each month I update readers of all the dividend increases in the Canadian Dividend All-Star List (Canadian companies that have increased their dividend for 5 or more years in a row.) along with a summary of these companies. Tracking recent dividend increases can be a good way to generate new dividend growth stock ideas as dividend increases can…

How the Dividend Income of Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Did During the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis
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How the Dividend Income of Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Did During the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis

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57%* of dividend-paying firms across the world either cut (43%*) or eliminated their dividend (14%*) during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 and “the year after 2008’s global market decline, aggregate dividends fell by 20%.”* *Source: “Global Dividend-Paying Stocks: A Recent History,” A March 2013 DFA study covering 23 developed markets. Pretty scary stuff if you…

2 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends
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2 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends

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Each month I update readers of all the dividend increases in the Canadian Dividend All-Star List (Canadian companies that have increased their dividend for 5 or more years in a row.) along with a summary of these companies. Tracking recent dividend increases can be a good way to generate new dividend growth stock ideas as dividend increases can…

14 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends
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14 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends

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Each month I update readers of all the dividend increases in the Canadian Dividend All-Star List (Canadian companies that have increased their dividend for 5 or more years in a row.) along with a summary of these companies. Tracking recent dividend increases can be a good way to generate new dividend growth stock ideas as dividend increases can…

3 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends
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3 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends

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I missed February and March, but normally each month I update readers of all the dividend increases in the Canadian Dividend All-Star List (Canadian companies that have increased their dividend for 5 or more years in a row.) along with a summary of these companies. Tracking recent dividend increases can be a good way to generate new…

10 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends
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10 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Dividends

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Each month I update readers of all the dividend increases in the Canadian Dividend All-Star List (Canadian companies that have increased their dividend for 5 or more years in a row.) along with a summary of these companies. Tracking recent dividend increases can be a good way to generate new dividend growth stock ideas as dividend increases can…

What Canadian sectors and industries have dividend paying and dividend growth stocks, and what are these specific stocks?
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What Canadian sectors and industries have dividend paying and dividend growth stocks, and what are these specific stocks?

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What Canadian sectors and industries have dividend paying and dividend growth stocks, and what are these specific stocks?  I’ll be answering this question by first looking at the Canadian market as a whole and then drilling down deeper into the 11 sectors, the 69 industries, and 158 sub-industries, and then finally listing off all of…

Financial Strength: A Key Element in High Quality Dividend Growth Stocks
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Financial Strength: A Key Element in High Quality Dividend Growth Stocks

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“Financial strength is the key requirement of a high-quality stock. […] Remember, you’re buying a piece of a business here, one that you want to live with for a long, long time.”  (Miller, 2006)1 I recently read Lowell Miller’s The Single Best Investment: Creating Wealth with Dividend Growth. I would make this book required reading…

What Is A Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP/DRP)?
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What Is A Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP/DRP)?

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A dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) is a plan for shareholders of a company that allows them to reinvest their dividends with the purchase of more shares. In most DRIPs, when the cash from the dividend is used to buy more shares there is no fee/commission charged. This is the main advantage of a DRIP, low…