What’s wrong with my dividend ETF?
Success with dividend ETFs this year depends on how energetic they are. The iShares S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index ETF (XEi-T) has a comparatively high weighting of 28 per cent…
2022: The Year Of Dividends Around The World
Summary Outside of commodities and the U.S. dollar, investors are struggling to generate positive total returns in 2022. Year-to-date, WisdomTree High Dividend strategies outperformed comparable cap-weighted indexes by over 1000…
Dividends For Defensive Value
Summary After the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000, value went on a stretch of seven consecutive years of outperformance. Traditionally, investing via dividends is a more defensive approach…
The best stock investing strategy for 2022: Don’t buy the dip, buy the dividend
After the pandemic-recovery craziness, the stock market’s getting back to basics. As the focus returns to fundamentals, dividend stocks will stage a stunning comeback, dwarfing the returns of long-dominant growth…
Not All Value Funds Are Created Equal
Not All Value Funds Are Created Equal Different value funds can take very different approaches. Mentioned: Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (RPV), Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC), 3M Co (MMM), American International…
Bear Market: When Are Stocks “Cheap” Enough?
The U.S. stock market is officially in bear market territory by falling more than 20%. So far, the Canadian stock market has lost about 9% from its peak, but it’s…
Top Canadian Oil Dividend Stocks
Just like every other stock on the market, top Canadian oil stocks suffered selloffs during the COVID-19 pandemic market crash that hit a low in March of 2020. The spike…
Identifying opportunities for income investors by screening for dividend yield
One part of the equity market that has benefited from a so-called flight to safety during this period of volatility has been the dividend stocks. For example, the S&P 500…
6 Bargain Dividend Stocks to Buy Paying 3%+ Dividend Yields
These bargain dividend stocks are worth buying as their 3%+ dividend yields provide steady income for investors These six bargain dividend stocks have yields over 3.0% and are secure enough…
Monthly Dividend Investing Recap
The S&P 500 fell as much as 7% in May before a late rally helped the U.S. stock market benchmark finish the month roughly flat, holding the index’s year-to-date loss…