The Globe and Mail attempts to identify stocks with high dividend yields and dividend growth in its Thursday, Sept. 25, edition. The Globe's Craig McGee writes in the Number Cruncher column that keeping up with the market has been a challenge for many Canadian investment managers and models so far this year. Growing income from dividends has helped managers and model portfolios significantly. Mr. McGee's search criteria emphasizes stocks with high expected dividend yields and dividend growth. He placed importance on stocks with increasing cash flow and higher profitability. Specifically, Mr. McGee looked for stocks with a good combination of the following metrics: current expected yield; expected and trailing dividend growth; trailing return on equity; and annual change in cash flow. Stocks were selected from the largest 250 equities in the Morningstar CPMS Canadian database. Mr. McGee's picks for a dividend portfolio concerned with volatile times are Enbridge, Canadian Natural Resources, Home Capital Group, Jean Coutu Group, Mullen Group and National Bank of Canada.