How did your divis do between 2020-2022?

[tjh290633]

Thanks for that -mistake in my phrasing -should have been “struggle to keep funding their on going retirement expenses “ -apologies
I would suggest that for a lot of retirees their occupational and state pensions are tight at covering their daily living expenses never mind holidays,new car or replacing a roof
Well done not being in this position
Personally my wife and I,s State and Occupational Pension cover 40+ % of our living expenses-a portfolio of equities and bonds do the rest
Seemed to have worked so far and portfolio is much greater than at start of retirement
xxd09

Understood. I am always surprised how much of that portfolio income gets reinvested. I think that drawing capital should be a last resort, but not always possible to avoid.

TJH

[OhNoNotimAgain]

Looks like the FTSE 100 has is set to pay out record dividends in 2023. Dividend cover is considerably better, too, suggesting that we can keep going higher.

https://www.ajbell.co.uk/sites/default/ ... hboard.pdf

Brilliant, if only we could invest on the same basis across the whole market.

[ADrunkenMarcus]

Eyeballing the chart, it looks like FTSE 100 total dividends were down about 23-24% in 2020. I'm pleased my own dividend per unit was more resilient and I had estimated the ordinary dividend per unit was down about 5% on an underlying basis (some companies' dividend payment dates changed into another year). However, my portfolio bears little resemblance to the FTSE 100 so, in truth, it's not a meaningful comparison!

Best wishes


Mark.

[Alaric]

Eyeballing the chart, it looks like FTSE 100 total dividends were down about 23-24% in 2020.

VUKE is a popular ETF tracking the FTSE 100.

Vanguard's history is at

https://www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/inve ... _fund_link

from which

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28 Mar 19   0.4469      
27 Jun 19   0.4377      
26 Sep 19   0.4307      
12 Dec 19   0.2354   1.5507   
26 Mar 20   0.3779      
11 Jun 20   0.1006      
24 Sep 20   0.2477      
17 Dec 20   0.1361   0.8623   -44.39%
18 Mar 21   0.3297      
17 Jun 21   0.3046      
16 Sep 21   0.4635      
16 Dec 21   0.1597   1.2575   -18.91%
17 Mar 22   0.1972      
16 Jun 22   0.5299      
15 Sep 22   0.3823      
15 Dec 22   0.1776   1.2870   -17.01%

The first column is the dividend date, the second is the distribution, the third is the total for the year and the fourth is the % change to 2019.

It's going to include special dividends, but it shows a dramatic fall in 2020, followed by a recovery.

[ADrunkenMarcus]

Thank you.

Yes, very dramatic!

Best wishes


Mark