Not exact matches
Companies
like Procter & Gamble, 3M, Emerson Electric, and Colgate - Palmolive have been
raising dividends for over fifty
years.
Let's assume you have a diversified portfolio yielding 3,5 %, some good old blue chips grow their
dividend slowly, some newer companies keep
raising their
dividend higher and higher
like their life depends on it, averaging
dividend increases of let's say 7 % per
year.
But companies rarely have a flexible approach to capital allocation
like this (they usually have a set
dividend that they pay out each
year, often steadily
raising it by a few pennies each
year, and then they buy back shares without much mention of value).
Like fellow blue chip Johnson & Johnson, AT&T is also a member of the elite
Dividend Aristocrats, having raised its dividend every year for more than three
Dividend Aristocrats, having
raised its
dividend every year for more than three
dividend every
year for more than three decades.
But companies
like to ratchet their
dividends upward — hold them steady in a bad
year,
raise them in a good one.
Moreover, I'm continuing to invest fresh capital every single month into high quality companies that have a history of
raising dividends just
like I have been for the last 3 +
years.
But good companies
like to ratchet their
dividends upward — hold them steady in bad
years,
raise them in good ones.
But banks
like to ratchet their
dividends upward — hold them steady in a bad
year,
raise them in a good one.
Many investors argue the holy grail of
dividend investing is a company that has
raised its payout each and every
year,
like clockwork.
However, the best stocks with
dividends like to ratchet their
dividends upward over time — holding them steady in a bad
year, and
raising them in... Read More
Just
like the first two months of the
year, my
dividend Portfolio got a forward
dividend income boost from reinvested
dividends, some
dividend raises, and the infusion of some new cash.
But
dividend paying stocks
like to ratchet their
dividends upward — hold them steady in bad
years,
raising them in good ones.