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Dividend Growers Outperform Dividend Paying Stocks

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Dividend-paying stocks generally beat non-dividend paying stocks in the long run. However stocks that grow their dividends outperform dividend-payers in the long-term due to the effect of compounding and rising dividends. The graph below shows that dividend growers outperform dividend payers in terms of total returns over the long run: Click to enlarge Source: Earning dividend …

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A Review of TSX Composite vs. S&P 500 Returns

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The composition of U.S. and Canadian equity markets vary widely. As a natural resources-based economy the Canadian market is concentrated by energy, mining and financial companies. The U.S. on the other hand has a very diversified economy with companies operating in pretty much every sector from manufacturing to defense technology. Hence the U.S. equity market …

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