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Dividend growth expected to slow in 2019
– moneysense.ca
For the last several years, investors have been generating decent incomes from owning dividend-paying stocks. When interest rates plummeted to record lows, and making money in GICs and other fixed-income instruments became difficult to do, investors started flocking to yielding equities, while companies began issuing more dividends too.
While these payments have been a boon to total returns, especially as stock prices have continued to rise, according to one company, dividends increases are expected to slow in 2019. IHS Markit, a London-based research firm, says that aggregate dividends among globally listed companies will rise by 6% this year, down from 14.3% in 2018 and 9% in 2017.
Many dividend investors like owning companies that increase their payments annually, so if fewer companies are growing their payouts then that could mean fewer opportunities to increase total returns. But it’s not a surprise to see businesses taking a more conservative approach this year than in the past…
While these payments have been a boon to total returns, especially as stock prices have continued to rise, according to one company, dividends increases are expected to slow in 2019. IHS Markit, a London-based research firm, says that aggregate dividends among globally listed companies will rise by 6% this year, down from 14.3% in 2018 and 9% in 2017.
Many dividend investors like owning companies that increase their payments annually, so if fewer companies are growing their payouts then that could mean fewer opportunities to increase total returns. But it’s not a surprise to see businesses taking a more conservative approach this year than in the past…