Dividend growth investing global dividend growth investing

Global dividend growth investing prospects are improving, especially in Asia‑Pacific markets. Data from MSCI shows dividend growth in emerging Asian companies at 5.6% CAGR, driven by manufacturing exports and supportive fiscal policy. Realty Income backs its high-yielding monthly dividend with a high-quality real estate portfolio. It owns retail, industrial, gaming, and other properties secured by long-term net leases with many of the world's leading companies. Those leases provide it with very stable rental income, 75% of which it pays out in dividends. Realty Income retains the rest to invest in additional income-producing properties that grow its income and dividend. DVY tracks the performance of the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index. The index selects high-dividend yield companies — about 100 of them — based in the United States. Dividend growth investing benefits from reinvestment strategies; current data shows that DRIP (Dividend Reinvestment Plan) participants in high‑yield, high‑growth companies outperform the market by 1.2% annually over the past decade.