Increased life expectancy is another great reason to have dividends in your portfolio!!!

We have been talking about the importance of having dividends in your portfolio. There are several reasons for this recommendation, and we can recap some such as the financial crisis, the economic slow down around the world including in emerging markets, the reduction in investments profit margin, and as you will see in this video the increased life expectancy. The head of Fundamental Equity at BlackRock came with a great speech on this matter. Click in the link to check by yourself!!!!

http://video.ft.com/v/1491335137001/Active-and-passive-dividend-strategies

Dividends can be a safer heaven when market is turbulent

If you do not have any bonus, funds and or stocks in your portfolio which provide you dividends, you may have there a great opportunity to review and find some investments that fit to your profile and also bring to you some periodic dividends. It is especially important when we have turbulent markets and your portfolio may have ups and downs more frequently than you would manage it to do. Dividends can be paid monthly, quarterly, yearly or any other frequency, but independent on the periodicity, they are for sure a supplemental income for their owners. Consider that if you choose a financial instrument which pays monthly dividends you will have a better chance to quicker identify ups and downs and react faster than if you have longer period. On the other hand, if you have quarterly or longer dividend payments period, you may be able to better manage your taxes practices (such as sell dividend stocks before they pay their dividends instead of after it). Information on high yielding stocks and/or financial instruments can be easily found in sites such as Yahoo Finance!!, Morningstar, among others. So good search and study!!!