03-13-2016, 11:35 AM
As mentioned, nothing goes straight up or down or even follows the market. I stopped using the market or others expectations. As long as the companies I own continue to pay a dividend and grow the dividend, I'm happy. If there is no growth, is there a valid reason, such as the Financial crisis where the Cdn banks held the dividend with no growth. By reinvesting most of my dividends I'm automatically generating some growth and the dividend increase add to them. It's the Income growth for the year I want to see. If it's 6%, 8% or more than 10%, great, as long as it keeps growing each year.