57%* of dividend-paying firms across the world either cut (43%*) or eliminated their dividend (14%*) during the financial crisis of 2008-2009. *Source: “Global Dividend-Paying Stocks: A Recent History,” A March 2013 DFA study covering 23 developed markets. Scary stats if you plan to rely on dividend income in retirement, but it doesn’t need to be…
“Dividends may not be the only path for an individual investor’s success, but if there’s a better one, I have yet to find it” Josh Peters – The Ultimate Dividend Playbook: Income, Insight and Independence for Today’s Investor Each month I update readers of all the dividend increases in the Canadian Dividend All-Star List (Canadian…
“Dividends may not be the only path for an individual investor’s success, but if there’s a better one, I have yet to find it” Josh Peters – The Ultimate Dividend Playbook: Income, Insight and Independence for Today’s Investor Each month I update readers of all the dividend increases in the Canadian Dividend All-Star List (Canadian…
“Dividends may not be the only path for an individual investor’s success, but if there’s a better one, I have yet to find it” Josh Peters – The Ultimate Dividend Playbook: Income, Insight and Independence for Today’s Investor Each month I update readers of all the dividend increases in the Canadian Dividend All-Star List along…
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With only 1% of my portfolio in the consumer staples (AKA consumer defensive) sector through some broad market index ETFs, I’ve been on the hunt for some individual stocks to add. Ideally, I’d like consumer staple stocks to make up about 15-20% of the portfolio. As you can see I’ve got some work to do,…
I hope everyone is enjoying the Holidays so far. I’ve got about a week off from work and I’m really looking forward to some relaxing time with the family over the Holidays. On the theme of relaxing I thought I would write a cop-out article on my most popular posts in 2016 ;). This is…
The Canadian Dividend All-Star List has been updated for September 30th. The list contains Canadian companies that have increased their recorded dividends for five or more calendar years in a row. The list also contains an “Others” tab to include some other companies that have a dividend streak of less than 5 years. The list…
The Canadian Dividend All-Star List has been updated for July 31st. The Canadian Dividend All-Star List is a list/spreadsheet of Canadian companies that have increased their recorded dividends for five or more calendar years in a row. I added an “Others” tab to include some other companies that don’t have the five year dividend streak….
The Canadian Dividend All-Star List is a list that started as an excel spreadsheet of Canadian companies that have increased their dividend for 5 or more consecutive calendar years in a row. The list has expanded a bit beyond the original criteria and includes companies with a dividend streak of less than 5 years in…
The Canadian Dividend All-Star List has been updated for the month, and I think you’ll like this update as I’ve added a whole bunch more information. The update I’m most excited about is the addition of the “Others” tab. In this tab I’ve added more dividend paying companies with a dividend streak of less than…
