Winner and loser stocks March 2020
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March was an action packed month. The global shutdown did not leave us cold, either personally or on the stock market, and what the near future will bring is uncertain. What we can say with certainty, however, is what the quality of the 1,000 companies analysed on DividenStocks.Cash is like. Among other things, we know which companies have already fallen into difficulties in past crises and have cut or even completely cancelled their dividend payments. Anyone who suffered above-average price losses in the crash month of March probably has many cyclicals in their portfolio to call their own. From one of my recent analysis of the winner and loser stocks of March it is clear that the big losers were cyclicals.
However, cyclical companies usually recover at the latest when the next economic upswing comes. As long-term investors – like us – have a lot of time, we should care about book losses, but they do not divert us from the path of financial freedom. Accordingly, some portfolios of the income heroes have also lost a lot of value, but overall the dividends continue to flow. So let’s take a closer look at the results of our heroes and how their rankings have changed.
Participating Income Heroes
In March there were 38 bloggers, three heroes more than in February, who shared their earnings with us. The average portfolio value was $246,000. The largest deposit is $777,000, almost $11,000 less than in February. The smallest depot presents itself in March with $21,400. On average, each financial blogger collected dividends of $1,230. The highest dividend flew to Mr.TakoEscapes, who enjoyed an insane $12,525 in passive income.
Highlights of the month:
Dividends in March of more than 46,000 USD!
38 financial bloggers generated dividends of more than 46,000 USD in March! On average each blogger received 1,230 USD in dividends.
New dividend records
Six Income Heroes have enjoyed record dividend income in the last month. Congratulations!
| Income Hero | Country | Dividend Income |
| DivHut | United States | 2241,47 |
| DividendVet | United States | 640,55 |
| Homo Oeconomicus | Germany | 454,04 |
| My Dividend Dynasty | United States | 1234,99 |
| PolliesDividend | Netherlands | 738,96 |
| Young Dividend | United States | 1921,42 |
The following table shows how the income is distributed among the financial bloggers of the different countries. Meanwhile, most bloggers are from Germany. Consequently, Germany takes the lead in terms of both dividends and option selling.
| Country | Bloggers | Dividends USD | Avg Dividends USD | Option Income USD | Option Sellers |
| Germany | 18 | 8388,71 | 466,04 | -54820,89 | 3 |
| United States | 10 | 30452,07 | 3045,21 | -2757 | 1 |
| Italy | 2 | 735,43 | 367,72 | 0 | 0 |
| Canada | 2 | 1541,89 | 770,95 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 1 | 1782,39 | 1782,39 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 1 | 144,59 | 144,59 | 0 | 0 |
| Austria | 1 | 2684,87 | 2684,87 | 0 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 738,96 | 738,96 | 0 | 0 |
| Norway | 1 | 338,87 | 338,87 | 0 | 0 |
| Hungary | 1 | 86 | 86 | 0 | 0 |
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Top 10 financial bloggers by monthly income
Some financial bloggers not only generate income from dividends, but also from option selling. Option selling involves a much higher level of effort and risk, but when it works, monthly income may be much higher than a pure dividend income. Here are the top 10 financial bloggers with the highest total income:
Top 10 financial bloggers by monthly income
Top 10 financial bloggers by cash flow yield
The amount of income highly depends on the market value of your portfolio. The higher its market value, the easier it is to generate high income. However, comparing income to market value allows to calculate a yield which is independent of the portfolio size. Here the 10 financial bloggers with the highest yield in the last month:
Top 10 financial bloggers by cash flow yield
Top 10 financial bloggers according to stable income growth
The yield of a single month is only a small part of the long road to financial freedom. Even more important is a stable increase in income over a longer period. For this reason, this analysis looks for the stability of income growth over the last 12 months. The size of the portfolio does not matter.
The stability of the income is expressed by a number from +1 to -1. If the income fluctuates strongly the metric’s value is close to zero. If the income fluctuates strongly or even declines, the stability is low. If the income increases – which should be anyone’s objective – the metric’s value approaches +1.
And here are the top 10 bloggers with the highest income stability:
Top 10 financial bloggers according to stable income growth
Since dividend income can be better planned than income from option selling, pure dividend investors have a clear advantage here.
Top 10 financial bloggers by 12-month income growth
In order to achieve financial freedom, income should not only grow steadily, but also as strongly as possible. Therefore, the income of the last 12 months is compared with the income of the previous 12 months. This comparison may be seen as the supreme discipline and can be found on many financial blogs.
And here are the financial blogs with the highest growth rates in a 12-month comparison:
Top 10 financial bloggers with the highest 12-month growth rate
It is easier for smaller portfolios to increase dividends substantially within a year. This fact is a great motivator right at the beginning. It is simply fun to see your dividends grow by percentage points that are usually not achievable with ordinary labour income.
Conclusion: All bloggers on the right track
If you take a closer look at the results, you will see that there is much to be found even beyond the top 10 positions. And finally, the placement is secondary. It is crucial that all participants take their financial future into their own hands and thus have the best prospects for a self-determined, financially secure future.
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