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Your Survival Guy and Warren Buffett Love Dividends

May 3, 2023 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

President Barack Obama meets with Warren Buffett in the Oval Office, July 14, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Your Survival Guy loves dividends, as does Mr. Buffett. The key divergence from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway stock is that Your Survival Guy likes getting paid on a regular basis with a tax-favored dividend payout. Berkshire, though, doesn’t pay out a dividend to shareholders.

Akane Otani writes in The Wall Street Journal:

What has made Warren Buffett’s stock portfolio so successful over time?

One answer is an uncanny knack for picking good businesses. Another, according to Mr. Buffett, is something more understated: an appreciation of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend stocks are shares of companies that regularly return a portion of their earnings to shareholders, typically in the form of cash.

The majority of companies that Mr. Buffett invests in pay out dividends. In fact, this year Mr. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is expected to rake in about $5.7 billion in cash from its stock portfolio, according to an analysis of company filings conducted by Dow Jones Market Data.

Nearly a fifth of that money will come from Chevron, which last year became one of Berkshire’s biggest stockholdings. The oil producer has increased its dividends for 36 consecutive years. Berkshire is also poised to collect more than $700 million apiece from Coca-Cola, Apple and Bank of America, more than half a billion dollars from Kraft Heinz and roughly $363 million from American Express, according to Dow Jones Market Data.

“That’s what he loves: dividends and buybacks,” said Todd Finkle, a professor of entrepreneurship at Gonzaga University and author of a book about Mr. Buffett’s career.

Where Mr. Buffett has excelled, Mr. Finkle said, is in choosing businesses that have been able to stand the test of time through many economic cycles—and raise their dividends, too. That has both increased the value of Berkshire’s stock portfolio over time and added to the ample cash pile Berkshire is able to put to use in its own businesses, as well as in acquisitions and share repurchases.

The company had $128.6 billion in cash and cash equivalents at the end of 2022, according to its last earnings report.

Action Line: If you’re seeking an income stream in retirement, then let’s talk about getting you some dividend religion.

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

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