Dividend Stocks

Do you question the performance tracking reports you get from your discount broker or your financial advisor? Have you ever asked yourself if a DRIP share has a cost or is it all profit? There is a saying in the data analytic world that you can always beat the data ...

The premise of dividend growth investing is not only finding a stock that can pay growing dividends but also offer stock appreciation for your portfolio over time. Chowder, as identified on Seeking Alpha, defined that approach as double dipping. I very much like the concept of double dipping and it has been ...

Only one month left to complete 2016. Your annual dividend income should be nearly locked by now. I am definitely reaching my goal of $12,000 for the year. I am forecasting to easily make $13,000 next year based on my dividend tracker looking ahead. Based on my planned contribution goals, I am ...

This is a guest contribution by Ben Reynolds.  Ben runs Sure Dividend, which uses The 8 Rules of Dividend Investing to help investors systematically build high quality dividend growth portfolios. The US Dividend Aristocrats Index is comprised of many of the highest quality businesses around.  The requirements to be a ...

My portfolio currently provides a 3.26% dividend income on the market value at the end of October. In fact, here is what each of my accounts provide in terms of market yield: TFSA: 3.81% RRSP: 2.43% RESP: 4.74% Regular: 4.09% Transfer Agents: 4.30% The low RRSP dividend yield comes from holding ...

Telus (TSE:T, NYSE:TU) recently released their Q3 results and while it sees their results as strong, some analysts did not see the expected growth considering the slight drop in net income and adjusted EPS. With that said, it grew it’s operating revenue and increased the dividend for a second time ...

Over the years, I have become found of the dividend aristocrats. The US Dividend Aristocrats have the requirements of 25 years of consecutive dividend increases while the Canadian Dividend Aristocrats have 5 years with some other rules as outlined below. 5 years is not much compared with 25 years but ...

A refresher on my 7 investing rules to manage your portfolio. Having investing rules is important as it is what keeps you from following the flock and making questionable moves. How often do you resist buying a hot stock? With some investing rules, you can avoid falling for hot tips ...