How Do You Judge a Dividend Increase on Pepsi?

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One of the things that was going through my mind when I saw Pepsi Co's dividend increase is more just looking at their yield. The dividends from companies like Pepsi are considered qualified and that means they're taxed as long-term capital gains. That is a much more favorable rate of taxation than interest income which would come from a treasury bond by comparison. Some of these CFOs and companies are increasing the dividend a little more than they otherwise would even maybe a little bit in a manner that might not be financially prudent because they're trying to keep the stock price up. If you feel like a recession might be coming up there might be those companies that are hiking now double-digit might be actually

In today's episode, Ian Lopuch joins us again for a conversation about dividend growth investing.

This time we speak a lot about dividend investing strategy and why he spends some more focus on higher-yield dividend growth stocks right now. We also briefly discuss his thoughts on crypto and what he's currently doing with it.

These are just 2 very interesting topics where Ian has a lot to share. But that's definitely not all and this episode is jam-packed with topics.

Hence, grab yourself a cup of coffee (or 2!) and tune in for an amazing conversation about everything related to dividend growth investing and investing in general.

Topics discussed:

news of the week ($MMM, $MO $BX)
the power of dividend growth and Ian's favorite recent dividend hikes
Ian's thoughts on high-yield dividend investing
Ian's thoughts on Crypto and how he's approaching this asset right now
how to judge the dividend safety profile of a stock
how far he is from being financially independent and how he approaches this topic

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