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These 3 sectors have the longest dividend streaks, but which offers the best dividend growth?
ByDGI&R May 31, 2018August 25, 2021

The investment landscape can be broken down into 11 different sectors: Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples (Also known as Consumer Defensive), Energy, Financials, Health Care, Industrials, Information Technology, Materials, Real Estate, Telecommunication Services, and Utilities Wouldn’t it be nice to know which of these sectors offer the best mix of dividend growth and a long history…

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Screening the Canadian Market for Dividend Growth Consumer Staples [Spreadsheet included]
ByDGI&R March 23, 2018

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,…

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2016 Dividend Income Update
ByDGI&R January 29, 2017

In 2016 I made $4,039.79 in Canadian dividends and $1,266.04 in US dividends for a Canadian equivalent total of $5,706.77. Canadian equivalent interest payments were $3,889.50 which resulted in net dividends of $1,817.23 which is almost double the $957.05 in net dividends I received in 2015. *In 2014 I liquidated most of the portfolio to…

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8 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks With No Long Term Debt
ByDGI&R September 9, 2016September 9, 2016

When I wrote Financially Strong Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks & Their Credit Ratings I looked at Canadian companies with a dividend streak of 5 of more years and Bank of Montreal [BMO.TO]: a total of 89 companies. While compiling that list I was surprised to discover that there were 8 companies that didn’t have any long…

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I’m Married!
ByDGI&R May 18, 2014

Well it is official, I’m married! For those of you that have planned a wedding before you’ll understand why I haven’t posted very much in the past few months… I’ve been busy. With the honeymoon over I’m hoping to get back into a more regular posting regime. Creating Wealth with Dividend Growth by Lowell Miller,…

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Hey Sun Life, Where’s My Dividend Growth?
ByDGI&R January 16, 2014

I’m sorry to say, that it doesn’t look like dividend growth from Sun Life Financial is going to happen for a few years. Because of this I decided to sell my shares. My investing style is to buy quality dividend growth stocks at attractive prices and collect the increasing stream of dividend income in order…

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A Year In Review: Portfolio Additions, Dividend Growth, and Target Buy Prices
ByDGI&R December 28, 2013

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone is having a good holiday. With the end of the year coming up, a lot of people spend time to reflect on the year. It’s taken a few years to develop my dividend growth strategy, so I thought it would be a good idea to take a look at…

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How to Estimate Future Dividend Growth (Part 2 of 2)
ByDGI&R June 27, 2013July 11, 2013

milos milosevic / Foter.com / CC BY In the first part of this two part series I went over six different factors that affect dividend growth. Today I’m going to use TELUS and Caterpillar as examples of how I use these different influences to estimate future dividend growth. I like to invest in undervalued dividend…

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Looking for Dividend Growth in the Canadian Communication Industry: Shaw Communications
ByDGI&R May 8, 2013July 11, 2013

|| UggBoy♥UggGirl || PHOTO || WORLD || TRAVEL || / People Photos / CC BY The Canadian Communications Industry is made up of only a few key players. Today I’ll be looking into Shaw Communications and seeing how its future expected dividend growth compares to some of its competitors, namely Telus, Rogers Communications and BCE. Dividends A quick look at the Canadian…

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Can Past Dividend Growth Rates Be Relied Upon To Predict Future Rates?
ByDGI&R March 13, 2013June 7, 2013

seanmcgrath / People Photos / CC BY If you look at my retirement goals you’ll see that I want to have a growing stream of dividend income to support me in retirement. In order to meet my goals I’m looking for a dividend growth rate (DGR) of 8%. This is an ambitious rate in my…

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