That perpetually wrong lady from TD advertising on ROBTV disguised as 'education', claimed yesterday that returns from dividend portfolios had outperformed the market. She quoted an index but I did not catch it, or catch the period of time she measured. Not believing her (your best default position), I looked up the 1 year and 3 year returns from iShares products trading in Canada, US and GB. The Stoxx % are total returns, I don't know about the Cdn and US %. Makes no difference.
..........................1 yr %.....3 yr %
Cdn Dividends........4.4.........<0.2>
Cdn Lg Cap...........<0.7>........2.8
Stoxx Div.............<6.0>......<32.4>
Stoxx 50..............<1.7>......<18.8>
DowJonesDiv........<18.9>.....<11.0>
DJ Boad Mkt.........<6.1>.......<4.0>
Dividend investing has not outperformed. The opposite.
..........................1 yr %.....3 yr %
Cdn Dividends........4.4.........<0.2>
Cdn Lg Cap...........<0.7>........2.8
Stoxx Div.............<6.0>......<32.4>
Stoxx 50..............<1.7>......<18.8>
DowJonesDiv........<18.9>.....<11.0>
DJ Boad Mkt.........<6.1>.......<4.0>
Dividend investing has not outperformed. The opposite.