Dividend Investing

I have been reading lately a lot about how Canadians who picked Canadian Dividend stock because of the dividend yields are having trouble and they are losing money. I do not pick Canadian Dividend stock based solely on their dividend rate.

There is a trade of between dividend yields and dividend increases. Therefore, I chose dividend stocks that have a low (below 2%), moderate (2% to 4%) or good (5% and 6%) dividend yield with most of the stock falling into the moderate rate. I only go for good rates for REITs, otherwise I stay away from stocks with dividend yields in this category, when the dividend yields are normally in this category.

Dividend growth rates are low (below 8%), moderate (8% to 14% range) and good (15% and higher). I especially like stocks with moderate yields and moderate dividend growth rates. This is the category that most Canadian banks fit.

However, I also have dividend yields stocks in the low category if they have a decent history of dividend increases. I do not buy these stocks when they dividend yield is below 1%. Even if the stock has generally its yield below 1%, I wait to buy when it is at 1% or higher.

For the portfolio, where I live off of the dividends, I try to keep the dividend yield overall around 3.5% and the growth rate around 8% to 10%. However, dividend growth rates can vary a lot depending on how well the stock market is doing. Dividend growth rates tend to be good in a bull market and lower when in a bear market. They are good in an economic expansion and lower in an economic recession.

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