Topic: How To Invest

SPECIAL REPORT FOR INNER CIRCLE MEMBERS: MAXIMIZING YOUR DIVIDEND INCOME

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With today’s low interest rates, investors are paying more attention to dividend yields (a company’s total annual dividends paid per share divided by the current stock price). Dividend-paying companies are responding by doing their best to maintain, or even increase, their payouts. In fact, dividends can now contribute up to a third of your long-term investment returns, without even considering the tax-cutting effects of the dividend tax credit (see below). In addition, dividends are far more reliable than capital gains. A stock that pays a $1 dividend this year will probably do the same next year. It may even increase its dividend payment. Canadian dividends give you tax advantages Taxpayers who hold dividend-paying Canadian stocks get an additional bonus: their dividends can be eligible for the dividend tax credit in Canada. This means their dividend income gets taxed at a lower rate than the same amount of interest income; investors…