SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Strategies & Market Trends : Dividend investing for retirement

 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: JimisJim who wrote (30429)1/17/2019 7:14:40 PM
From: E_K_S5 Recommendations

Recommended By
B.O. Plenty
Fuzzy
JimisJim
Kip S
maverick61

  Read Replies (5) of 34328
 
Dividend income and the 4% rule

The 4 percent rule is a rule of thumb used to determine how much a retiree should withdraw from a retirement account each year. This rule seeks to provide a steady income stream to the retiree while also maintaining an account balance that keeps income flowing through retirement. Experts consider the 4 percent withdrawal rate safe, as the withdrawals will consist primarily of interest and dividends.


Bengen concluded that even during untenable markets, no historical case existed in which a 4 percent annual withdrawal exhausted a retirement portfolio in less than 33 years.

Theoretically, if you have dividend payers that yield 4% or more, then if you withdrew 4% per year from the portfolio, you would never tap into your principal. There is always the remaining that would compound.

My rule of thumb is look for dividend payers that yield 4% or more However, I do look at the total portfolio dividend yield and that is critical that my blended yield is 4% or higher.

I find that it is not that hard during different sector cycles to find those 4% dividend payers. This was the case w/ Drug/Pharma stocks which could be had on the cheap in 2009 and 2015. I picked up MRK & PFE during these periods when they yielded around 4%. Now, a 2-3 bagger if you had the nerve to pick up shares in 2009 and still a 40%-50% gainer if you got shares in 2015/2016.

I do fold in some lower 3% dividend payers from time to time to add more growth.

To be fair, Steve's Total Return table can be significantly more or less depending on (1) when and (2) sector you bought over those years. So the Buyer's stock selection of dividend payers import too in that equation.

Good Investing

EKS
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext