TSX 60 Ex Dividend Date + Best 2013 Dividend Stock Update +16.79%

At the beginning of each month, I produce a recap of the dividend yield and ex dividend date for the TSX 60. In addition to this recap, I’ve decided to briefly cover the result of my Best 2013 Dividend Stock Book. This book includes 30 stock analyses (20 US and 10 CDN) for only $2.99. So far, my results are:

20 US Dividend Stocks: +16.79% (Can you do better?)

10 CDN Dividend Stocks: + 4.51%

If you want to read more, just continue look at the TSX 60 Dividend Yield & Ex-Dividend Date chart…

TSX 60 Dividend Yield & Ex-Dividend Dates

Best 2013 Dividend Stock Results

At the beginning of the year, I made a list of Best dividend stocks for 2013 (click on the link to get my metrics and see the list). Out of this exhaustive list, I pulled out 30 stocks to be my “favorite” picks from these lists. These are not stock recommendations and I strongly suggest that you do your own analysis and read financial statements. This book is simply a compilation of my own stock analyses for 30 stocks either being held in my portfolio or being on my watch list.

I’ve broken down the results per market:

Best 2013 US Dividend Stocks Results

The average portfolio is showing an amazing return of 16.79% that is 6.49% over my benchmark (VIG with 10.28%). Oh! Did I mention that my portfolio also produces 0.90% more in dividend yield than VIG? . I also compared the results to the S&P500 that has a YTD of 10.03%. So I’m not only beating a dividend ETF, I’m also beating the whole US market by more than 6% in return without counting my 3.07% current dividend yield.

The food market continues to boom with several high return stocks (read about the best performing food stocks here). I’m definitely proud that none of my stocks show negative results so far. I think this is the key to my portfolio success so far. Only 6 stocks out of 20 don’t beat my benchmark. Finally, I hit 4 homeruns (stocks over 25%) so far:

Safeway +45.65% (current dividend yield at 2.66%)

Campbell Soup +30.01% (current dividend yield at 2.56%)

Walgreen +28.82% (current dividend yield at 2.31%)

Heinz +25.28% (current dividend yield at 2.85%)

Best 2013 Canadian Dividend Stocks Results

My results are not as impressive on the Canadian market. Some of my stocks are still lagging (National Bank, Calian Technologies, Evertz Technologies). These are the same stocks that were behind the index in February.

A month ago, I was beating the index by only 0.08%. Depending on the day you look at the portfolio, I could even fall behind. I’ve done a little bit better in March and I’m now showing +0.46%. I also reduced the difference in dividend yield. My portfolio now generates only 0.12% less than XDV. Overall, I’m still ahead.

My call on financials (RBC, NA and POW) has not created as much enthusiasm as I thought it would. Fortunately, my call on telecoms (Telus and Rogers) is much better!

When I created my first Best 2012 Dividend Stock book, I thought I was just lucky to beat the market. Then, my stock selection for 2013 is on a roll to beat the market again. How was I able to generate such high return so far this year? I didn’t do anything special… but to follow specific investing guidelines listed in my book: Dividend Growth.

You can buy it on Amazon and understand how I found these stocks before you did

Disclaimer: I own shares of NA, T, CVX, INTC, JNJ, STX