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The Dividend Guy Blog

Unconventional Lifestyle and Dividend Growth Strategy

Dividend Growth

The Year So Far: Nothing Is Like It Seems

Blog, Dividend Growth, Market Frenzy

Every summer, I like to step back, grab my surfboard, and let the market run its course without me for a bit. But before heading to the beach, I always review how the year is shaping up. 2025 is a perfect reminder of how investing often feels contradictory: everything and nothing is happening at the same time. Headlines about tariffs, global conflicts, and slowing economies dominate the news. Your neighbor may still be predicting a crash every other week. And yet here we are: the S&P 500 …

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3 Proven Techniques to Avoid Dividend Cuts

Blog, Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy

The payout ratio is a useful tool, but it’s not the only thing that tells you whether a dividend is safe. If you rely on it alone, you can still get blindsided. Over the years at DSR, we’ve developed several reliable techniques to avoid most dividend cuts. They’ve been tested through bull markets, bear markets, and everything in between. With a few exceptions, these techniques have helped us dodge the worst dividend disasters. If you apply them consistently, you’ll dramatically reduce your risk …

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What Should a Dividend Growth Investor Buy in 2025?

Blog, Dividend Growth

If you wait, you lose... 2022 was a bad year on the stock markets: Canadian stocks were down 6% and U.S. stocks were down 18% (not to mention the Nasdaq at -32%!). Interest rates were going up quickly, and I was even caught with two dividend cuts in my portfolio (Sylogist at the end of the year and Algonquin shortly thereafter in 2023). Many investors thought it was smart to go back into short-term cash and GICs paying generous yields. “Let’s wait until the storm passes by”. 2023 …

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10 Amazing Dividend Growers For Your Buy List [Podcast]

Blog, Dividend Growth, Podcast

These 10 Stocks show double-digit dividend triangles, representing amazing dividend growers! Find buy ideas in the Energy, Healthcare, Financial, Industrial, Consumer Discretionary, and Consumer Staples sectors. Start your stock research on the right foot! Download the Dividend Rock Stars List! You'll Learn For the benefit of listeners who might not know it yet, Mike summarizes the dividend triangle. Let’s start with a sector that we normally dislike: energy. The Canadian market is a …

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Canadian Low Yield Stocks Even Retirees Will Like

Canadian Dividend Stocks, Dividend Growth

Discover great Canadian low yield stocks even retirees will like because of their solid growth potential. You’re decades away from retirement? They’re great for you too! None of the usual suspects this time though, no Alimentation Couche-Tard, Canadian National Railway, TFI International. Curious? Keep reading… Why low yielders? By selecting the right low yield stocks, you can enjoy both sustained dividend growth that exceeds inflation and capital appreciation. Actually, low yield high growth …

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Best Canadian Dividend Stocks for 2024

Blog, Canadian Dividend Stocks, Dividend Growth

What are some of best canadian dividend stocks for 2024? After the eventful year that was 2023, it's confusing to say the least. Depending on which sectors and markets you were invested in in 2023, you either had a great year or saw your portfolio value decline. As you can see in the graph below, the technology sector dominated the market, but mostly due to a very few big players. The U.S. market outperformed the Canadian market by a wide margin. In Canada, the energy sector performed …

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