These 3 sectors have the longest dividend streaks, but which offers the best dividend growth?
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These 3 sectors have the longest dividend streaks, but which offers the best dividend growth?

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…

Screening the Canadian Market for Dividend Growth Consumer Staples [Spreadsheet included]
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Screening the Canadian Market for Dividend Growth Consumer Staples [Spreadsheet included]

  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,…

8 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks With No Long Term Debt
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8 Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks With No Long Term Debt

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…

I’m Married!

I’m Married!

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,…

A Year In Review: Portfolio Additions, Dividend Growth, and Target Buy Prices
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A Year In Review: Portfolio Additions, Dividend Growth, and Target Buy Prices

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…

Looking for Dividend Growth in the Canadian Communication Industry: Shaw Communications

Looking for Dividend Growth in the Canadian Communication Industry: Shaw Communications

|| 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…

Can Past Dividend Growth Rates Be Relied Upon To Predict Future Rates?
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Can Past Dividend Growth Rates Be Relied Upon To Predict Future Rates?

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…