That means less dividends to shareholders.
Not exact matches
This is because higher rates
mean that companies will have higher borrowing costs and, thus,
less room to pay
dividends to investors.
That's because there's a margin of safety, or a buffer, that's often built right in when you buy a
dividend growth stock that's undervalued, as that favorable gap between price and value also
means there's
less of a possibility that the stock becomes worth
less than you paid through some kind of negative event (corporate malfeasance, investor mistake, etc.).
This
means new capital and reinvested
dividends generate
less passive income.
Just as I would not care if pay 50 million to land Lacazette, I just want to see a better striker at Arsenal and I really care little if this
means we have 5 or 10 million
less in the bank or if I owner receives a smaller
dividend.
Rebecca Brandywyne spoke for many when she remarked: «the hard reality is that the vast majority of authors can not earn even a comfortable - much
less a luxurious - living from their writing careers, and, unless they have access to other sources of funding (such as a working spouse, investments and
dividends, or an inheritance), are frequently compelled to take other jobs as their primary
means of financial support.»
Too much of a company's income that goes towards debt service
means less is available to potentially go toward
dividend payments.
Moreover,
dividend stocks are often more stable,
less - cyclical stocks which
mean they hold up better than high - flying growth stocks in a bear market.
In fact, for Canadians who make
less than $ 40,000 or so, the tax rate on
dividends is actually negative, which
means you can use them to lower the amount of tax you pay on other income.
Strategic
Dividend Value is hedged at about half the value of its stock holdings, and Strategic Total Return continues to hold a duration of just over 3.5 years (
meaning that a 100 basis point move in interest rates would be expected to impact Fund value by about 3.5 % on the basis of bond price fluctuations), with
less than 10 % of assets in precious metals shares, and about 5 % of assets in utility shares.
Beyond this, large share repurchases
mean the
dividend will pose
less of a strain in the future, as the shares outstanding are reduced.
The more debt a company has the more interest in needs to pay, interest is a burden on cash flows and
mean there is
less available cash to fund the
dividend.
@Juve: there is no worksheet in the question, but if you
mean the QDCGW referenced in Dilip's answer and linked in BrenBarn's answer, worksheet line 3 «Enter the smaller of line 15 or line 16 of schedule D [but not
less than zero]» is long - term gain net of short - term loss, which (plus qualified
dividends and adjusted for for 4952 if used) is the amount taxed at lower rates.
He also found that stocks with moderate to higher
dividend yields tend to be
less volatile, which
means they usually provide investors with fewer sleepless nights.
Generally this
means that favorable rates apply: you are likely to pay
less tax on this type of
dividend than on an ordinary
dividend.
Dividend stocks maintain a more stable value over time (
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That
means $ 1.4 billion of the fund's assets are invested in these large companies, providing a very stable foundation for the investor in their consistent earnings and
dividends, while smaller companies that carry much
less weight in the index and are even further oversold provide potential for capital appreciation.
A recent study found that U.S. stock funds with yields over 2 % (
meaning they hold mostly
dividend stocks) had an average three - year annualized standard deviation (a measure of volatility) of three percentage points
less than stock funds yielding
less than 2 %.
As
dividend income increased, so would matching cash which would
mean less money available for savings.
I
mean, killing my mortgage in
less than 10 years is my main financial goal (we are already down 7 % in
less than 8 months...) but this won't bring me any
dividends... It'll just lower my expenses... (unless I buy another house and rent the current house...) So in a Growing your
dividends point of view, I am unsure of my own strategy...
That
means no tax on your
dividends, and
less tax on your other income.
But if you then pay out this investment income to yourself personally, the corporation receives a tax refund and the personal tax you pay on receipt of the
dividend is generally
less than the amount of the refund,
meaning you come out ahead on a net basis.
Out of our $ 8,000 in
dividend income, $ 5,500 were «qualified
dividends» that are tax free if you are in the 15 % tax bracket or
less (in 2013, that
means $ 72,500 or
less taxable income).