Ep #108 - Dividend growth investing - everything you need to know, with Mike Heroux

Today I'm thrilled to host someone I've learned so much from over the years - Mike Heroux, passionate dividend growth investor. Mike has been educating Canadian retail investors for many years & is founder of Dividend Stocks Rock.

Regardless of your investing level, this episode has something for everyone.

Discussion points:

Introduction (01:53)

How Mike got started with dividend growth investing (3:37)

The dividend triangle (7:58)

How many sectors, how many stocks? (12:14)

Finding time to invest (16:48)

What about XEQT and chill? (19:32)

Managing FOMO as a dividend growth investor (23:13)

The retirement loop (25:46)

How to avoid yield traps (29:36)

Payout ratios (35:41)

Covered call ETFs (38:40)

Any other trends among Mike's best performing stocks? (45:23)

Valuation (48:24)

Rebalancing the portfolio (55:49)

Re-investing dividends (58:54)

Mike's best and worst investments (59:55)

Interesting dividend growth ideas related to AI (1:06:55)

Where to follow Mike, Dividend Stocks Rock (1:10:49)

Mike Heroux:

https://www.dividendstocksrock.com/
https://thedividendguyblog.com/podcast/
https://www.youtube.com/@DividendGuy

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