Economic Concerns Once Again Dominate Markets
Once again, economic concerns are dominating the markets. Last week, trading was a little stifled because of the mid-week break for the Independence Day holiday, but there was plenty of data for investors to chew over. And, indeed, after the end of the week we just had, there is plenty left to chew. Central Bank […]
4 Dividend Stocks with Very High Yields Go Ex-Dividend July 9-13
When you are looking to build a dividend portfolio, there are those who suggest that you avoid choosing dividends with very high yields. After all, once you get beyond a certain point, you might be looking at a dividend stock that could be a little riskier. It’s possible that dividends will be slashed, or that […]
RPM International (RPM) Sets Up For A Dividend Increase Next Quarter
RPM is consistently one of the top rated stocks on our best dividend list because of its incredible dividend history and fundamentals. Today RPM announced that it will pay a quarterly dividend of $.215 on July 31st with an ex-dividend date of July 11th. This is the 4th consecutive quarterly dividend of $.215 from RPM. […]
Pfizer (PFE) Maintains Dividend and High Yield
2009 was a disappointing year for Pfizer when the company cut its dividend by 50%. Since that cut Pfizer has been trying to repair its image with dividend investors and grow its dividend back to previous levels. Yesterday Pfizer announced that its dividend will stay stable in 2012 with another quarterly dividend of $.22 per […]
Darden Restaurants (DRI) Shows Its Strength with Dividend Hike
Darden Restaurants raised its dividend again for the 8th consecutive year today by announcing a new quarterly dividend of $.50 per share or $2.00 per year. The new dividend is payable on August 1st with an ex-dividend date of July 25th. This gives Darden a dividend yield of 3.4%. The dividend increase should come as […]
Procter & Gamble Downgraded After Earnings Warning
Hillard Lyons suspended its $77 price on Proctor & Gamble target today and cuts its rating from long-term buy to neutral. The firm said the downgrade was based on the company’s warning on its fourth quarter earnings results. PG said that the 4th quarter would be impacted by slowing growth based on negative impacts from […]
Annaly Capital (NLY) Does Not Boost Dividend In 3rd Quarter
For the first time in 5 years Annaly Capital did not increase its dividend during Q3 distributions. While each quarter represents a different distribution amount for the company this is the first time we have seen the 3rd distribution of the year match the 2nd. Dividend Fundamentals NLY announced today that the company will pay […]
Clorox Boosts Dividend Again After 35 Consecutive Years
Clorox (CLX) announced a quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share that will be payable on August 10th, 2012. The new annual dividend will be $2.56 per year which gives Clorox a dividend yield of 3.82%. This boost in the annual dividends is right on schedule with previous increases from Clorox and positions the company well […]