Ultimate Sustainable Dividend Portfolio – September 2013 Update – Thanks Microsoft (MSFT)! + MORE Sep 18th

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A global retirement survey finds 12% of workers in 15 countries—including almost one in five (17%) Canadians—expect they’ll never have enough money to fully retire.
The HSBC’s The Future of Retirement: Life After Work, being released today, found 54% of Canadian retirees who were unable to realize their retirement dreams cited having less money than they expected to have. Tellingly, almost two-thirds (64%) of the 16,000 people surveyed globally who had entered semi-retirement said they wish they’d kept working full-time for longer. The online survey was conducted between July 2012 and April 2013, and included 1,046 Canadians.
Still, for those who set their retirement plans early enough in life, working-age people globally still expect to retire on average by age 63, which is just two years later than the previous generation (their parents), who retired on average by age 61.
When retirees were asked about the best financial advice they ever received, the most popular response (and one I’d plump for) was “Start saving at an early age…

In September 2011, I did some in-depth research to find long term sustainable dividend stocks and have been doing updates on this Ultimate Sustainable dividend portfolio since then in the attempt to show how well such a portfolio can perform over the long term. I would personally say that things have been going very well and will certainly continue to evolve. I do have a few more things planned which I will discuss in the near future.
The USDP is obviously a critical part of my now very public quest to replace my job income with passive income. you can see my most recent update here. I recently came back from vacations and I can tell you that it’s one incredible motivation.. Not that I needed it but wow:)
Things continue to go very well for the USDP which I’m thrilled to see. Very exciting stuff and I’m thrilled with how things have gone so far. I have done a couple of trades and continue to work on optimizing it, if ever you would like to receive those types of updates, please join, it’s free:

Keep in mind that this portfolio was built by selecting 20 stocks out of thousands…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – While the economy continues to recover, the worst of the recession will be very much felt by Alaskans Wednesday when the amount of their annual check from the state’s oil-wealth fund is announced.
The amount of each person’s dividend is based on a five-year rolling average of worldwide investment markets that were hard-hit far outside Alaska. This year, the calculation means the checks likely won’t amount to much, certainly nowhere near the record payout of $2,069 in 2008.
But hey, it’s still free money just for living in the northernmost state.
Whatever the amount, most dividends will go as usual toward new toys, travel, college savings or paying debts. The announcement is an eagerly anticipated event that will take place with much fanfare in Anchorage.
In the Inupiat Eskimo village of Deering, tribal administrator Dolores Iyatunguk said her dividend is going toward credit card bills and student loans. In the tiny village 520 miles northwest of Anchorage, the cost of living can be prohibitive, with diesel fuel currently $6…

Washington and the media are peddling a narrative that discounts the government’s role in the financial crisis.