A Diversified 4.69% Yielding Portfolio
Telly recently left a comment on my Top 5 Reasons Why Dividend Investing Over ETF post expressing her skepticism that anyone can build a diversified portfolio yielding over 4% “without loading up on some income trusts which are not favourably taxed or becoming less diversified by owning only high yielding dividend companies.”
I figure it would be a fun exercise to build this high-yielding diversified portfolio, although I wouldn’t shy away from income trusts. In my opinion, income trusts are an absolute key ingredient to sprinkle over a diversified portfolio. Just because some our best Canadian cash cows are structured as income trusts doesn’t mean we should place them in the penalty box:
Canadian Oil Sands - a 33 year life reserve of tarsand with no exploration risks like most other energy trusts.
Consumers Waterheater - Torontans take warm showers recession or not.
CML Healthcare - a highly […]
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