Dividend Investing with Longacres Finance

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. In December it added 0.28% to this outperformance. January thus far is also looking pretty strong with more alpha being added. I really like this dividend growth stock selection process and I'm...

Today I want to show you my 6% plus passive cash flow dividend portfolio. The portfolio has 10 holdings that all pay dividend yields ranging from 3.3% to over 10%. Its primary objective to provide a healthy stream of cash flow that should be stable and grow over time. Enjoy! This episode was originally broadcast on my YouTube channel if you'd prefer to consume the content in video format you can u...

There are few things I like more than watching my dividend income grow. To enjoy a strong dividend growth rate you first need to find the best dividend growth stocks. Here are my top 15 high growth dividend stocks that I will be considering for my personal portfolio in January 2023. Dividend investors often have to chose between dividend yield or dividend growth, and I believe a sweet balance of b...

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 4.83%. Additionally the sele...

The dividend aristocrats are an elite group of dividend stocks with a history of at least 25 years of consecutive dividend growth. This measure alone makes them excellent dividend stocks to consider for your portfolio. But as investors we always seek a better way to find dividend stocks. Instead of thinking of random ways to select stocks its best to borrow or built upon already existing strategie...

Dividend aristocrats are fairing better than the broad market this year and I believe they are some of the best dividend stocks to invest in for the long term. Dividend aristocrats are some of the safest and most reliable dividend stocks on the market. To become an aristocrat a company must have a streak of growing dividend income for at least 25 consecutive years. Anyone looking to start a divide...

Best Buy is one of my core holdings, I really like this dividend growth stock. Today I wanted to share with you a recent valuation test I performed on this dividend growth stock. I used dividend yield theory, a dividend discount model and a discounted cash flow model to see how attractively valued the company's stock is. Hope you enjoy! This episode was originally broadcast on my YouTube channel i...

I came across a study about how much dividend income was paid by all US companies in 2021, the figure was $522.7 billion dollars. That is a lot of money! How much of this income distribution ended up in your pocket? I know not much was paid directly to me. This study got me thinking about what I can do today to make sure more dividend income flows in my direction in the future. I performed some an...

The 4 factor dividend growth portfolio is an actual portfolio I recently launched with real money based on a variation of SCHD’s stock selection model. It's off to a great start compared to the S&P 500. I want to share with you the initial results for November 2022 and partial December return. I also talk a little bit about how the portfolio is doing and breakdown the drivers of performance. Enjoy...

There are few things I like more than watching my dividend income grow. To enjoy a strong dividend growth rate you first need to find the best dividend growth stocks. Here are my 15 best dividend growth stocks that I will be considering for my personal portfolio in December 2022. Dividend investors often have to chose between dividend yield or dividend growth, and I believe a sweet balance of both...

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 4.51%. Additionally the sele...

Dividend aristocrats are fairing better than the broad market this year and I believe they are some of the best dividend stocks to invest in for the long term. Dividend aristocrats are some of the safest and most reliable dividend stocks on the market. To become an aristocrat a company must have a streak of growing dividend income for at least 25 consecutive years. Anyone looking to start a divide...

4 factor dividend growth portfolio is an actual portfolio I recently launched with real money based on a variation of SCHD’s stock selection model. It's off to a great start compared to the S&P 500. I want to show you how I built this portfolio, how it was implemented and how it's doing. The portfolio includes 30 high quality dividend growth stocks and had a starting dividend yield of 2.33% at...

Today I want to give you an update on my dividend income and on my top 10 holdings across my 5 Dividend Growth Portfolios. Dividend growth investing is my preferred investing strategy. I look for quality dividend stocks trading for attractive prices and hold these positions for a very long time. My top 10 holdings make up roughly 25% of my portfolio and generate about 38% of the dividend income. I...

Investing can be scary and confusing for new and seasoned investors alike, but it doesn't have to be. Simple investing strategies using funds like SCHD, that will give you market average results can produce fantastic outcomes. SCHD is anything but average when it comes to dividend growth funds but compared to the broad market it has historically offered average rates of total return. I want to sho...

There are 158 Dividend ETFs traded on US markets with a combined $349 billion in assets under management. But these funds are not all equal in terms of the fees they charge, the dividend yield they offer and the performance they have generated. Since 94% of these assets are allocated to just the top 34 funds I want to take you on a closer look at each of these funds to see if we can find the best...

There are few things I like more than watching my dividend income grow. To enjoy a strong dividend growth rate you first need to find the best dividend growth stocks. Here are my 15 best dividend growth stocks that I will be considering for my personal portfolio in November 2022. Dividend investors often have to chose between dividend yield or dividend growth, and I believe a sweet balance of both...

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 3.78%. Additionally the sele...

I decided to launch my new dividend aristocrat ETF on November 1st 2022. This isn't a real ETF but a hypothetical one that will leverage the stock selection process from SCHD and apply it to the dividend aristocrat universe of stocks. This episode will explain the process I used to select the 30 highest ranked dividend aristocrat to include in this ETF, how I set the asset allocation and my intent...

You've probably seen an uptick of articles and videos talking about the stock market crash in 2023 being the worst we will ever see! I, like all of the doomsday predictors, don't know what will happen next week not to mention next year. But I am very confident that long term investing will yield positive results. History doesn't always repeat, but the past 100 years show us that even the worst bea...

Dividend aristocrats are fairing better than the broad market this year and I believe they are some of the best dividend stocks to invest in for the long term. Dividend aristocrats are some of the safest and most reliable dividend stocks on the market. To become an aristocrat a company must have a streak of growing dividend income for at least 25 consecutive years. Anyone looking to start a divide...

The dividend aristocrats are an elite group of dividend stocks with a history of at least 25 years of consecutive dividend growth. This measure alone makes them excellent dividend stocks to consider for your portfolio. But as investors we always seek a better way to find dividend stocks. Instead of thinking of random ways to select stocks its best to borrow or built upon already existing strategie...

Many dividend investors are familiar with Schwab's US Dividend Equity ETF ticker symbol SCHD. But how many of you actually know how this fund works? I think its good to know not only that an investing strategy works but why and how it works. Today I want to show you an under the hood look at SCHD, the index it tracks and the long term results this strategy has achieved. Whether you own this fund o...

Today I want to give you an update on my dividend income and on my top 10 holdings across my 5 Dividend Growth Portfolios. Dividend growth investing is my preferred investing strategy. I look for quality dividend stocks trading for attractive prices and hold these positions for a very long time. My top 10 holdings make up roughly 28.88% of my portfolio and generate about 36% of the dividend income...

There are few things I like more than watching my dividend income grow. To enjoy a strong dividend growth rate you first need to find the best dividend growth stocks. Here are my 15 best dividend growth stocks that I will be considering for my personal portfolio in October 2022. Dividend investors often have to chose between dividend yield or dividend growth, and I believe a sweet balance of both...