Category Archives: Dividend Tips

Make Top-Notch Passive Income With Dividend Stocks

Identify a list of solid dividend stocks that grow their dividends over time. Ideally, these dividend stocks should outperform at least the market (if not also their respective industries) in the long run. Aim to add shares when the dividend stocks are cheap. And then you’d be pretty much set for making top-notch passive income with dividend stocks.

Its track record of dividend growth is set to continue

One dividend stock that fit very well is Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (TSX:BIP.UN)(NYSE:BIP). Since it was spun off from Brookfield Asset Management (TSX:BAM.A)(NYSE:BAM), BIP has increased its cash distribution every single year. BIP’s 10-year dividend growth rate is 9.9%.

So far this year the company is making excellent progress — funds from operations (“FFO”) per unit growth was 11% in the first half of the year.

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These 3 TSX Dividend Stocks Aren’t for Passive Income

Many investors buy dividend stocks for passive income as one of their goals. It’s important to be aware that not all stocks that pay a dividend are good for passive income. Here are a few dividend stocks that require more attention from investors.

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Waves are unpredictable — much like the earnings of these dividend stocks.

Energy stocks

Specifically, I’m referring to energy stocks whose profitability are primarily based on the underlying commodity prices that are volatile. For example, oil and gas prices are based on the supply and demand dynamics. When energy supply is low or energy demand rises, energy prices go up.

Personally, I find it impossible to predict energy prices. Therefore, it’s also impossible to predict the profitability of energy stocks and which direction their stocks may go.

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Magna International Stock: Not a bad buy Now

I’m not an economic expert. It’s impossible for me to filter all the macro factors and how they impact each of my stock holdings. Thankfully, there’s a way to still get good returns on my stock investments.

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One powerful tool is the financial information that’s available at our fingertips for anyone with access to the internet. You can dig out a company’s annual report and look at the trends of the key metrics. FAST Graphs provides a more useful graphical representation of this information.

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