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Join hosts Derek from Ireland & Edgi from the Netherlands on the Dividend Talk podcast, your number one source for all things Dividend Growth with a European perspective. With a shared passion for Dividend Growth investing, they provide personal insights, strategies, & experiences, while featuring guests from around the world to inspire and educate investors. Join their discussions designed to empower you with knowledge, keep you informed on market news, and equip you with valuable tools to maximize your investments. Tune in to learn and grow with us.

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October 10, 2026Episode 3101 hr 16 min

EP #310: Schneider Buys PTC, Starbucks Eyes Chipotle, and Starlink Goes After Your Phone Plan

Mega deals, dividend stocks, and lots of listener questions. It was a busy week in the market, so Edgi and Derek catch up on the news and work through your questions. In this episode: Schneider Electric wants to buy PTC for €22.6 billion. Does the deal make sense, and is a 42% premium too much? Starbucks is reportedly looking at Chipotle. Where is the synergy, and what does it mean for the dividend? Starlink Mobile wants to compete with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, and Verizon’s share price took a hit. Ireland’s new investment account: €12,000 per year, tax-free up to €50,000, and what it means for Irish investors. PepsiCo earnings, the Starbucks dividend hike of 1.6% and Tesco’s 5.2% increase to its interim dividend. Listener questions: Why not buy bonds at 6% yields instead of dividend stocks? Preferred stocks, closed end funds and building a dividend portfolio with only ETFs DRIP, currency effects and when to sell before a dividend cut Home Depot, Tomra, IIPR, credit bureaus, and BP versus Shell Join the conversation: - Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dividendtalk - Discord: https://discord.gg/xfS35ufm6H - Follow eDGI on X: https://x.com/European_DGI Become a Dividend Talk Premium member for €129 a year at https://dividendtalk.eu . You get more than 150 dividend stock cards, over 60 deep dives, and a course on reading the three financial statements. A major redesign is coming soon for members, including uploading your own stock list to track dividend safety and changes. Disclaimer: This podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only and is not financial advice. Always do your own research.

October 3, 2026Episode 30959 min

Eps 309: Q3 2026 Dividend Portfolio Review | 89% to FIRE & the Dutch 36% Dividend Tax

Quarter three is done, so it's time to count the dividends. In episode 309 we share our Q3 2026 dividend portfolio reviews with real numbers.Edgi is now at 89% of his FIRE target. His net dividend income grew 10.4% on average this quarter, and he has started paying down his variable-rate mortgage. Derek collected just over €2,000 in dividends this quarter, his portfolio has reached €161K, and he now earns about €19 a day after tax.We also talk about Accenture's earnings (shares up 20% on the day and a 5% dividend hike), the Netherlands' plan to tax dividends at 36%, and Ireland possibly scrapping deemed disposal. In the listener Q&A we cover Partners Group, Broadridge, Air Liquide, General Mills, investment trusts and rising bond yields. 🎟️ Join us in Budapest this January: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/e/1FAIpQLSeD8Hs0Hop16D1upiFlUw4SGjfLh2nim1kmb17ASMYGBJYBaw/viewform?usp=header 📩 Free premium newsletter samples: https://dividendtalk.eu/download-your-free-samples/ 💬 Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/nJyt9KWAB5 👥 Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dividendtalkThis is not financial advice. We share our own journey, so always do your own research.

September 25, 2026Episode 3081 hr 16 min

Growth Investor Turned Dividend Investor from Heavy Moat Investment| Ep 308

Niklas from Heavy Moat Investments is back. Last time he barely cared about dividends. Now 80% of his portfolio pays one. We talk about how becoming a dad changed the way he looks at risk, why he raised his hurdle rate to 15-20%, why buybacks often disappoint, and how Edenred became his biggest position after trading at around 5x cash flow.Also this week: Novo Nordisk's messy capital markets day, dividend hikes from T-Mobile US and GE Healthcare, and your questions on consumer staples, insurers and AI, Engie and Enel, BIPC, 5% Treasuries and Niklas's top pick, InnoScripta. Get free samples of our premium newsletter: https://dividendtalk.eu/download-your-free-samples/ Join us on Discord : https://discord.gg/nJyt9KWAB5 Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/groups/dividendtalk Niklas on Substack: https://heavymoatinvestments.substack.com or @stonkmetal on X Real Life Meetup in Budapest - https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/e/1FAIpQLSeD8Hs0Hop16D1upiFlUw4SGjfLh2nim1kmb17ASMYGBJYBaw/viewform?usp=header Not financial advice. Do your own research.

September 19, 2026Episode 30758 min

First Fed Hike Since 2023: Are REITs Still Worth Buying? | Ep 307

The Fed has raised rates for the first time since 2023. So what does that mean for REITs like Realty Income, Agree Realty and VICI? We explain why real estate stocks are so sensitive to interest rates, compare them with a 5% US Treasury, and share the prices where we'd start buying again.Also this week: Warren Buffett's full retirement, Nike losing Mbappé to On, and dividend raises from Texas Instruments, McDonald's (now a Dividend King), Microsoft, Philip Morris and JPMorgan.Your questions: pre-market trading, how we use AI for stock research, high yield vs dividend growth, Fielmann, TFF Group and why Edgi still holds Evolution AB. Get free samples of our premium newsletter: https://dividendtalk.eu/download-your-free-samples/ Join us Real Life Meetup in Budapest - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeD8Hs0Hop16D1upiFlUw4SGjfLh2nim1kmb17ASMYGBJYBaw/viewform?usp=header on Discord: https://discord.gg/nJyt9KWAB5Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dividendtalkNot financial advice. Do your own research.

September 12, 2026Episode 3031 hr 12 min

The Art of the Turnaround and What We Learned Along the Way

This week on Dividend Talk, we get into the art of the turnaround investment .What worked, what didn't, and what we've learned the hard way. We share real stories from Walgreens, Intel, and Texas Instruments, then turn to Nike, Vici Properties, and ASR to figure out which stocks are genuine turnarounds and which are just mispriced quality names. Plus: trimming an ExxonMobil position, a fresh look at HP, and our predictions for the next Microsoft dividend hike.We also answer a big batch of listener questions covering FIRE, REITs, ETFs, and how dividend culture differs between Europe and the US.🔗 Show notes: https://dividendtalkpodcast.com/💎 Premium newsletter: https://dividendtalk.eu/how-it-works/💬 Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/c9uV8Zm9j

September 5, 2026Episode 3041 hr 12 min

Ep. 305: Should Cyclical Stocks Be in Your Dividend Portfolio? (BHP, Exxon, Rio Tinto)

We're back after our first-ever summer break! This week: should cyclical stocks have a place in a dividend growth portfolio built for financial independence? We use BHP, Rio Tinto, and ExxonMobil as real examples of the trade-offs. Also covered: a Guinness heist making headlines, the Netherlands moving its gold reserves home, fresh dividend hikes from Altria, NN Group, and Wolters Kluwer, plus listener questions on Nike, LVMH, Swiss stocks, Clorox, and Philips. 📩 premium research: https://dividendtalk.eu 💬 Got a question for next week? Join our community. Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/dividendtalk⁠ X (Twitter): ⁠https://x.com/European_DGI #DividendInvesting #PassiveIncome FinancialIndependence

August 1, 20260 min

Quick Update

Hey Everyone! We're taking a quick 4-week break from releasing new episodes due to some personal stuff on our end. We will be back in September Thank you for understanding while we step away for a moment. In the meantime, it's a great chance to catch up on any past episodes you might have missed! See you soon!

July 25, 2026Episode 3041 hr 22 min

Q2 2026 Earnings Season: IBM Crashes, TotalEnergies Shines | EP 304

Q2 2026 earnings season has started, and it opened with a bang: IBM (IBM) dropped 25% in a single day. We dig into why, and land on an uncomfortable answer — it isn't the technology that keeps failing this company, it's the culture. From there we work through the reports that matter for dividend growth investors. RELX (RELX.L) and Wolters Kluwer (WKL.AS) keep growing while everyone insists AI will erase them. Texas Instruments (TXN) looks like its capex super-cycle is finally turning. TotalEnergies (TTE) delivers a masterclass in paying down debt. Nestlé (NESN.SW) drops 8%. CME Group (CME) shows what happens when volatility fades. And Novo Nordisk (NVO) squares up to Eli Lilly (LLY) in court over GLP-1 marketing. Then it's over to you. We answer listener questions on what we'd buy in a 30% sell-off, preference shares, Terry Smith selling Wolters Kluwer, the new Amundi all-world SCHD-style UCITS ETF, small-cap dividend payers like Defama (DEF.DE) and Chesnara (CSN.L), and what life actually looks like once the dividends cover the bills. This podcast is for entertainment only and is not financial advice. Read more at https://dividendtalkpodcast.com Want deeper analysis, ad free episodes and more? Check out our premium service for €129 at ⁠dividendtalk.eu⁠Want to talk more about dividends and investing in general? Join the conversation in our community: Discord: ⁠https://discord.gg/xfS35ufm6H⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/dividendtalk⁠X (Twitter): ⁠https://x.com/European_DGI

July 11, 2026Episode 3031 hr 11 min

EP 303: Dividend Investing with Belle Dividends | How to deal with a major cash windfall

This week we welcome our first Belgian guest to the show: Belle Dividends (Kim). Kim's story starts almost by accident. In January 2022, after a failed attempt to become a crypto trader, he opened an account with Belgian broker Bolero and bought his first three stocks: AB InBev, Kinepolis and Umicore. A few years and a lot of YouTube and podcast listening later, he now runs a portfolio of 82 positions built around a simple goal: a 3% net dividend yield, even after Belgium's notoriously heavy dividend tax. In this episode Kim walks us through his investing journey, why dividend investing suited his personality more than growth or trading ever did, and how he deals with Belgian withholding tax (spoiler: UK stocks and a Legal & General dividend ETF both play a role). We also get into his interest in African equities, including his top position Helios Towers, plus Airtel Africa and DRC listed Texaf, and why he believes sub Saharan Africa's demographics make it one of the more interesting growth stories out there. Kim also shares the remarkable story of taking over his mother's finances after a dementia diagnosis, and how that led to a rapid, deliberate windfall investment that shaved more than a decade off his path to financial independence. We round things off with his thoughts on oil markets and macro trends, the tax friendly countries he's considering for the future, and a big batch of listener questions on portfolio strategy, UK renewable energy trusts, and more. Also in this episode: Derek and European DGI open with the Trump and FIFA controversy around the USA v Belgium match, and share an update on Greencoat UK Wind ahead of its July investor presentation. Kim's path from a frustrated would be crypto trader to an 82 position dividend portfolio Navigating Belgium's dividend tax and why she targets a 3% net yield Investing in Africa: Helios Towers, Airtel Africa and Texaf in the DRC Taking over his mother's finances and investing a large windfall with intention His macro view on oil, the Permian basin and the Iran conflict Tax friendly countries on her radar for the future: Paraguay, Cyprus and Georgia Listener questions on allocation strategy, ETFs, and UK renewable energy trusts like Greencoat UK Wind Want deeper analysis, ad free episodes and more? Check out our premium service for €129 at dividendtalk.eu Want to talk more about dividends and investing in general? Join the conversation in our community: Discord: https://discord.gg/xfS35ufm6H Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dividendtalk X (Twitter): https://x.com/European_DGI

July 4, 2026Episode 3021 hr 5 min

Q2 2026 Portfolio Review: Dividend Aristocrats Beat Big Tech | Ep 302

In episode 302 we review our Q2 2026 dividend portfolios during a quarter where the market quietly rotated out of tech and back into dividend growth. EDGI is now 99.6% of the way to his FIRE number with +14.4% dividend income growth for the quarter, while Derek crossed €7,000 in trailing dividend income, up 14% year over year. On the news desk: why the US Dividend Aristocrats (NOBL) are outrunning software in 2026, Palantir (PLTR) CEO Alex Karp calling AI token pricing a "wealth tax" on business, and whether AI agents should be taxed after OpenAI's reported 5% equity offer to the US government. Stocks we get into include Accenture (ACN), Wolters Kluwer (WKL.AS), VICI Properties (VICI), Vopak (VPK.AS), General Mills (GIS), Paychex (PAYX), ADP (ADP), Big Yellow Group (BYG.L), British American Tobacco (BATS.L), Shell (SHEL.L), Legal & General (LGEN.L), NN Group (NN.AS), Alibaba (BABA), Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL). Plus Q2 hikes from JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI.L), 3i Group (III.L) and LondonMetric (LMP.L). We close with listener Q&A on low-yield growth stocks, the ones that got away, and how we'd invest €500 a year for a newborn. Join us : Discord group - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/nJyt9KWAB5⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us: Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@DividendTalk_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter - ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@European_DGI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Become a Premium Member for just 129 Euros a year: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://dividendtalk.eu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Disclaimer: Educational content only. Not financial advice.