A dividend cut is the worst things that could happen to a dividend investor. Sometimes, management decides to break their promise and fails their shareholders by slashing their dividend payment. When such an event happens, we are left with a big hole in our portfolio. A dividend cut is not only a reduction of your revenue, but also leads to a capital loss. There are techniques to avoid dividend cuts, but no strategy is perfect. We can all suffer from a dividend cut. Today, I’ll discuss how I …
Video of the Week : Find Sustainable Growth
Years of doing research, reading academic studies and working on portfolios (including mine) brought me to this set of rules that enables me to simplify my investing process. Principle 3 - Find sustainable Dividend Growth. It is one thing for a company to show growth in the past, but is it able to continue doing so? The payout ratio is a popular metric among investors to determine growth. However, it is important to understand the trend behind the number! Video If you enjoy the …
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January 2019 Dividend Income Report, A Trade and +14% Divvy Increase
In September 2017, I received slightly over $100K as a result of the commuted value of my pension plan. I decided to invest 100% of this money into dividend growth stocks. Each month, I publish my results. I don’t do this to brag, I do this to show you it’s possible to build a portfolio during an all-time high market. The market will crash... eventually. In the meantime, I rather cash some juicy dividends! Portfolio holdings – Let’s start the year with a BANG! When we started January, …
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Video of the Week: Focus on Dividend Growth
Years of doing research, reading academic studies and working on portfolios (including mine) brought me to this set of rules that enables me to simplify my investing process. Principle 2 - Focus on Dividend Growth. Why? Because Dividend Growth Stocks beat the market most of the time and represent your best protection against marke drops! Video If you enjoy the videos format and want more of them, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Verbatim 00:00 Mike Heroux: Hey, fellow …
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3 Red Flags Telling You It’s a Bad Dividend Stock
Are you nervous yet? I mean, did you finally figure out how to tame the market? Were you part of investors who lost money in 2018, or where you part of those who “sold right on time?” Or maybe you are like me and couldn’t care less about what is happening daily on the stock market. I don’t really mind because I know my dividends are safe and my portfolio will continue to thrive in the future. Here’s what I understood after many years being fully invested in the market: You can’t …
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Video of the Week: High Yield Doesn’t Equal High Return
Years of doing research, reading academic studies and working on portfolios (including mine) brought me to this set of rules that enables me to simplify my investing process. Principle 1 - High Yield doesn't Equal High Return: always remember that there is no free lunch in finance. A 5+% yield is often a red flag in a company! Video If you enjoy the videos format and want more of them, subscribe to my YouTube channel! Verbatim 00:01 Mike Heroux: Hey, fellow investors. This is Mike Heroux …
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