05-07-2014, 12:29 AM
Hi all,
I am new to this forum but thought I share my dividend growth portfolio and seek potential thoughts/feedback. For the record, I am based in Canada and have a mix of mostly US and Canadian dividend stocks with a few International ADRs as well. I had started investing in 2008 and only began to invest in dividend stocks starting in 2010-2011. Currently, this portfolio yields approximately $6,000 in annual dividend income (portfolio weightings included):
Canadian Dividend Stocks
T - Telus Corporation 8.96%
SLF - Sun Life Financial Inc. 2.82%
REI.UN - RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust 3.14%
COS - Canadian Oil Sands 3.40%
EMA - Emera Inc. 5.98%
BPF.UN - Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund 3.50%
BMO - Bank of Montreal 4.37%
ARX - ARC Resources Ltd. 5.59%
IPL - Inter Pipeline Ltd. 5.44%
PWT - Penn West Petroleum Ltd. 1.20%
HR.UN - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust 2.98%
U.S. Dividend Stocks
V - Visa Inc. 5.19%
HI - Hillenbrand Inc. 5.79%
PM - Philip Morris International Inc. 5.97%
MO - Altria Group Inc. 3.81%
AAPL - Apple Inc. 3.39%
MA - Mastercard Inc. 4.69%
KO - Coca-Cola 3.90%
GE - General Electric 3.22%
VZ - Verizon Communications Inc. 1.56%
YHOO - Yahoo Inc. 4.68% (Not a dividend stock, but has so far had significant capital appreciation since I first bought it in Oct 2012)
International ADRs
VOD - Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) 2.60%
UL - Unilever Plc (ADR) 3.78%
RDS.B - Royal Dutch Shell B (ADR) 4.06%
For a period of time, I used to hold INTC shares in my portfolio but had recently sold it off as they had no dividend increases for almost 2 years. With the proceeds, I am intending on purchasing another tech dividend stock such as Cisco Systems or would consider a dividend stock in another sector. I do not have any exposure to healthcare or pharmaceuticals so this is an area that I am keeping an eye on in the future for buying opportunities.
I am new to this forum but thought I share my dividend growth portfolio and seek potential thoughts/feedback. For the record, I am based in Canada and have a mix of mostly US and Canadian dividend stocks with a few International ADRs as well. I had started investing in 2008 and only began to invest in dividend stocks starting in 2010-2011. Currently, this portfolio yields approximately $6,000 in annual dividend income (portfolio weightings included):
Canadian Dividend Stocks
T - Telus Corporation 8.96%
SLF - Sun Life Financial Inc. 2.82%
REI.UN - RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust 3.14%
COS - Canadian Oil Sands 3.40%
EMA - Emera Inc. 5.98%
BPF.UN - Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund 3.50%
BMO - Bank of Montreal 4.37%
ARX - ARC Resources Ltd. 5.59%
IPL - Inter Pipeline Ltd. 5.44%
PWT - Penn West Petroleum Ltd. 1.20%
HR.UN - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust 2.98%
U.S. Dividend Stocks
V - Visa Inc. 5.19%
HI - Hillenbrand Inc. 5.79%
PM - Philip Morris International Inc. 5.97%
MO - Altria Group Inc. 3.81%
AAPL - Apple Inc. 3.39%
MA - Mastercard Inc. 4.69%
KO - Coca-Cola 3.90%
GE - General Electric 3.22%
VZ - Verizon Communications Inc. 1.56%
YHOO - Yahoo Inc. 4.68% (Not a dividend stock, but has so far had significant capital appreciation since I first bought it in Oct 2012)
International ADRs
VOD - Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) 2.60%
UL - Unilever Plc (ADR) 3.78%
RDS.B - Royal Dutch Shell B (ADR) 4.06%
For a period of time, I used to hold INTC shares in my portfolio but had recently sold it off as they had no dividend increases for almost 2 years. With the proceeds, I am intending on purchasing another tech dividend stock such as Cisco Systems or would consider a dividend stock in another sector. I do not have any exposure to healthcare or pharmaceuticals so this is an area that I am keeping an eye on in the future for buying opportunities.