TSX 60 Ex Dividend Date + Best 2013 Dividend Stock Update +19.67& US & 6.34% CDN

 

 

At the beginning of each month, I produce a recap of the dividend yield and ex dividend dates of the TSX 60. In addition to this recap, I decided to briefly cover the result of my Best 2013 Dividend Stock Book. This book includes 30 stock analyses (20 US and 10 CDN) for only $2.99. So far, my results are:

20 US Dividend Stocks: +19.67% (beating the index by 6.26%)

10 CDN Dividend Stocks: +6.34% (beating the index by 1.81%)

 

If you want to read more, just continue past the TSX 60 Dividend Yield & Ex-Dividend Date charts…

 

TSX 60 Dividend Yield & Ex-Dividend Date

 

 

Best 2013 Dividend Stocks Results

 

At the beginning of the year, I produced a list of Best dividend stocks for 2013 (click on the link to get my metrics and see the list). Out of this exhaustive list, I pulled out 30 stocks to be my “favorite” picks among these lists. They are not stock recommendations and I strongly suggest you do your own analysis and read the financial statements. This book is simply a compilation of my own stock analysis for 30 stocks that are being held in my portfolio or are on my watch list.

 

I’ve broken down the results per market:

 

Best 2013 US Dividend Stocks Results

 

 

The average portfolio is showing an amazing return of 19.67% that is 6.26% over my benchmark (VIG with 13.41%). Oh! Did I mention that my portfolio also produced 1% more in dividend yield than VIG? ;-).

 

After such high returns over the first five months of the year, you may ask if there is still room in this list to make more money by the end of the year. I recently bought shares of McDonald’s (MCD) and the stock is only up by 9.48% which is below the benchmark. Since MCD has been trailing this so far this year, I think this is one of the stocks that could benefit from the present stock squeeze situation. Another interesting stock to consider from this list is Kellogg. While most food stocks jumped this year, Kellogg is another company trailing with an YTD performance of +11.09%. I’m pretty sure it can continue to grow in the upcoming months. As an example, Western Union (WU) has jumped by 10% last month after announcing strong revenue guidance for 2014.

 

If you want to learn more about those companies, you should buy my book for only $2.99:

 

 

Best 2013 Canadian Dividend Stocks Results

 

I continue to offer strong performances on both the US and Canadian stock markets. The Canadian stock list is beating its benchmark by 1.81% (6.34% vs 4.53% for XDV). BTI is now showing a 18.75% YTD return and raised its dividend back in March by 17%. I would expect a better performance of my banking stocks National Bank (NA) and Royal Bank (RY) as they both beat analyst estimates while BMO and BNS were trailing behind.

 

Readers, which stock is your favorite among my lists?

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