Dividend Investing with Longacres Finance

Is Home Depot a good dividend stock to buy today? Is it a high quality business and is it attractively valued? In today's episode I will attempt to answer these questions. I will share with you my recent review of this dividend stock with my the help of my company analyzer tool. I wasn't able to actually link the PDF from the episode in the description but if you'd still like to get it...

Do you like investing in high yield dividend stocks? Sure you after all most dividend investors prefer to see higher dividend yields that can bring them closer to financial freedom faster. Perhaps you've been told that investing in high yield dividend stocks is dangerous and chasing yield is a losing strategy. So what is a dividend investor to do? Well I think you should compromise, still chas...

There are many popular valuation models for dividend stocks like the dividend discount model or the discounted cash flow model. But they all require you to gather data and think about the how fast a given company can grow in the future. I prefer to use Dividend Yield Theory as my main valuation technique for dividend stocks. It is significantly easier to put together, doesn't require you to co...

Realty Income is better known as The Monthly Dividend Company! Not because its the only stock out there that pays a generous monthly dividend but because it has paid a consistent and growing monthly dividend for nearly 30 years!! Recently the share price has been falling, this year alone by more than 23%, investors may be wondering what is going on? Is today the time to buy more or have we not rea...

Sooner or later most of us start thinking about retiring, and whether or not retiring early is even an option for us. How do you retire early? How do you know if you have enough money? And how do you make it work for you to sustain your retirement? These are all tough questions to answer. Today I want to talk to you about the 4% Rule and how you can use it to help you figure out how much you need...

Dividend income is one of the best passive income strategies because its simple to start and anyone can do it. But not all dividend investing strategies are really all that passive and many of them take a long time to amount to meaningful results. Join me to find out what the best true passive dividend income strategy looks like and what the best way to approach dividend investing ought to be! Thi...

I was curious which style of investing is superior, lump sum investing or dollar cost averaging. So I decided to test it for myself and I'd like to share the results and my thoughts on the topic with you today. If you don't know the difference between these two approaches to investing I'll explain that as well. I'll show you the difference in long term returns for each style of inv...

In November of last year I launched my 4 factor dividend growth portfolio built on a modified SCHD stock selection process. It is outperforming the S&P 500 index during the last 10 months and delivering better returns than I expected. It is a passive approach to stock selection and I'm optimistic it can deliver excellent long term results. I hope you enjoy the review. First Video on 4 Fact...

Today I'm going to showcase 7 high quality dividend stocks that are all reasonably valued today. First I will define what constitutes a high quality business to me, then we will talk about how to measure what a reasonable valuation is. And then I'll show you 7 dividend stocks that in my opinion are of high quality and are reasonably valued right now. Lets go! This episode was originally br...

All dividend investors struggle with this question, should I invest in high yield dividend stocks or high growth dividend stocks? And which option will yield a better outcome. There are many ways to tackle this question and today I want to share my thoughts with you, along with a tool that can help you decide which option may suit you better. Link to download spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/s...

Many investors opt for investing in ETFs and index funds over individual stocks because its much easier and more often than not leads to better results. Investing in individual stocks gives you more control and lets you personalize your investing style. This is why I combined investing in individual stocks with the automation ETFs offer, using the 4 factor stock selection process. Join me to find...

Is Willams Sonoma a great dividend stock to buy right now? Join me to answer this question. According to the best investors, long term investing is simple but it isn't easy. All you have to do is find high quality companies and buy them at a fair price, then simply sit back and wait for your investment to grow. Today I want to share with you how I judge the quality of a business and more speci...

In November of last year I launched my 4 factor dividend growth portfolio built on a modified SCHD stock selection process. The portfolio got off to a nice start, outpacing the S&P 500 by 7.66% in November. Since then the performance has cooled off a little but overall the dividend growth portfolio is very well. It is outperforming the S&P 500 index during the last 8 months and delivering...

I've made a few enhancements to the original SCHD and QQQ calculator that I shared with the community a week ago. In this calculator not only can you test a mock portfolio of SCHD and QQQ, you can include up to 5 different ETFs or individual stocks. I pre-populated the list of available ETFs to test with 21 popular dividend growth ETFs, a few technology ETFs and some high yield dividend ETFs....

A recent comment on my channel by tommyron251 proposed an 80/20 SCHD and QQQ portfolio. I dug into this hypothetical combination of funds and it has proven to work exceptionally well historically both in terms of total returns and dividend income. But how will these two funds perform going forward is the important question. I built a free tool to test the hypothetical returns of investing in SCHD...

Not all of us start our investing journey at a young age. And most older people dwell on the fact that they may have missed the boat and dividend investing for financial independence is no longer in the cards for them. I beg to differ, today I want to talk about why starting a dividend portfolio at any age is beneficial. While it may not give you complete financial independence it can give you fin...

In November of last year I launched my 4 factor dividend growth portfolio built on a modified SCHD stock selection process. The portfolio got off to a nice start, outpacing the S&P 500 by 7.66% in November. Since then the performance has cooled off a little but overall the dividend growth portfolio is very well. It is outperforming the S&P 500 index during the last 8 months and delivering...

Each month I run a screening process to find the top 10 best high yield dividend stocks for the given month. These high yield dividend stocks are selected based on the best combination of business quality and valuation with a focus on future returns. My minimum dividend yield threshold for this watchlist is 2.75% but often the average dividend yield presented is around 4.82%. Additionally the sele...

You've probably heard that most investors and professional fund managers alike cannot beat the S&P 500 in the long run. This is true, but did you ever wonder why its so hard to beat the S&P? When we look back at historical returns all of the paths that would have outperformed the S&P look obvious. The problem is that everything looks clear in hindsight, but when you're acting i...

I recently analyzed all of the dividend aristocrats during the last decade to find patterns that can help me identify the best aristocrats. I compiled a 10 year history of the return on capital employed for all of the dividend aristocrats and found correlations between the data and long term total returns. In this episode I share my findings on the 3 theories tested that all led to alpha over owni...

SCHD and DGRO are two of the best dividend growth ETFs on the market worthy of consideration by all dividend growth investors. Today I wanted to do a comprehensive review of each ETF, look at the similarities and differences and determine what type of dividend investor each of these funds is ideal for. I hope you enjoy! This episode was originally broadcast on my YouTube channel if you'd prefer to...

In November of last year I launched my 4 factor dividend growth portfolio built on a modified SCHD stock selection process. The portfolio got off to a nice start, outpacing the S&P 500 by 7.66% in November. Since then the performance has cooled off a little but overall the dividend growth portfolio is very well. It is outperforming the S&P 500 index during the last 7 months and delivering...

I recently listened to a very interesting video from Terry Smith of Fundsmith about valuations and the role they play on long term results. So I thought it would be interesting to create an episode on the topic because I think you'll find the answer to this question very surprising. I hope you enjoy the content! This episode was originally broadcast on my YouTube channel if you'd prefer to consume...

I summarize my dividend income for the month of May and this year and talk about some future projections for both my dividend income and the market value of my portfolio! This episode was originally broadcast on my YouTube channel if you'd prefer to consume the content in video format you can use the link below https://youtu.be/jzLT-_ROxy8 M1 Finance referral link: https://m1.finance/UNbCUpuP36lm...

The dividend kings all have at least 50 years of consecutive dividend growth under their belts. No wonder these companies deserve to be labeled as Kings of all dividend stocks. Today I want to rank all of the dividend kings by borrowing the stock selection methodology from SCHD's underlying index the Dow Jones US Dividend 100 Index. I'll show you the top 15 ranked dividend kings and dive deeper in...