The process of making money through dividend investing involves searching for companies that have a good chance of
increasing the dividend year after year, causing more money to flow into your bank account.
The Index is designed to measure the performance of the 60 highest dividend yielding S&P Composite 1500 Index constituents that have followed a managed - dividends policy of
consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years.
Of course it should go without saying, those companies on the prestigious Dividend Champions list of companies that have not only paid a dividend for 25 consecutive years (five more than Ben required), but also
increased their dividend every year as well, goes beyond Ben Graham's definition of a quality company.
Tax rates were higher in the past on dividends and companies like JNJ, KO and many others continued paying
out increasing dividends year after year.
S&P / TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats ® measure the performance companies included in the S&P Canada BMI that have followed a policy of consistently
increasing dividends every year for at least five years.
The S&P High Yield Dividend AristocratsTM Index is designed to measure the performance of the highest dividend yielding S&P Composite 1500 Index constituents that have followed a managed - dividends policy of
consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 20 consecutive years.
NOBL is the only ETF or mutual fund that invests in the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats, an index composed of the S&P 500 companies that have
increased their dividends year over year for at least 25 consecutive years.
It's one thing to
increase your dividend year in and year out for a couple decades while running a consumer products company with fairly secular growth, but it's even more impressive when you're able to do that while running a heavy machinery company.
It's tempting to fall in love with the idea of buying a stock and collecting the
steadily increasing dividends every year — it seems like free money but in actual fact the company is just giving some of its cash away to its investors.
To qualify as a Dividend Aristocrat, a business must be listed in the S&P 500, have
paid increasing dividends each year for at least 25 years, and meet certain size and liquidity requirements.
Sam, again this is my opinion, but I think you have done a great job creating a Real estate empire, my empire relies on stocks investing in the greatest dividend growth companies in the world that have continued paying
increasing dividends year after year.
Choose companies that
increase their dividends year after year.
The current dividend yield is 3.43 % and Clorox has
increased its dividend every year since the 1970's.
I read that Apple's CEO has said he is not a fan of one - time payments, but they have
increased their dividend every year for the last few years, so I am expecting another increase this year.