The model Yield Hog Dividend Growth Portfolio posted a strong advance in August, boosted by falling government bond yields and growing expectations that the Bank of Canada will cut interest rates.

The portfolio gained 3.3 per cent during the month to finish at $199,174.67. Since the portfolio was launched with $100,000 of virtual cash on Oct. 1, 2017, it has posted a total return, including dividends, of about 99.2 per cent. That works out to a annualized gain of about 9.1 per cent.

There were no dividend increases during the month.

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