Dividend Increase – ONEOK, Inc. (OKE)

Thursday, April 19 the Board of Directors of ONEOK, Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.77 to $ 0.795 per share that’s payable May 15, 2018 to holders of record April 30, 2018. This represents a 3.25% increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price $ 59.54 (Friday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.34%.

ONEOK maintains its previously announced dividend guidance and expects approximately 90 to 95 percent of this dividend to be a return of capital. Additional information regarding return of capital distributions is available at ONEOK's investor relations website, ir.oneok.com, under Stock Information

ONEOK has increased its dividend by 29 percent since the close of the ONEOK and ONEOK Partners merger transaction in June 2017. 

Week in Review 16/18

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In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Recent Buy - Canadian Utilities Limited (CU.TO)

On Friday April 20, I bought 40 shares of Canadian Utilities Limited at CA$ 34.78 per share plus commission.

My overall cost basis of this position decreases from CA$ 35.77 to CA$ 35.25 per share. I totally hold now 70 shares of CU and my yield on cost is 4.46%. You can look at my first purchase of CU here. 

Dividend Increase – Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI)

Wednesday, April 18 the Board of Directors of Kinder Morgan, Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.125 to $ 0.20 per share that’s payable May 15, 2018 to holders of record April 30, 2018. This is a 60 percent increase from last quarter’s dividend, and is consistent with the plan KMI announced during the summer of 2017. KMI continues to expect to use cash in excess of dividend payments to fully fund growth investments, further strengthening its balance sheet. With current price $ 16.54 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.84%.

Dividend Increase - Unilever N.V.

Today the Board of Directors of Unilever announced a quarterly dividend increase of from € 0.3585 to € 0.3872 per share that’s payable June 6, 2018 to holders of record May  4, 2018. This represents a 8% increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price € 46.38 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.34%. 

Week in Review 15/18

Welcome and thanks for reading!

In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Dividend Increase – Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (SKT)

Yesterday, April 12 the Board of Directors of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.3425 to $ 0.35 per share that’s payable May 15, 2018 to holders of record April 30, 2018. This represents a 2.19% increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price $ 22.64 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 6.18%.

Since becoming a public company in May 1993, the Company has paid a cash dividend each quarter and has increased its dividend each year.

During the first quarter of 2018, Tanger repurchased approximately 444,000 of its common shares at a weighted average price of $22.52 per share for total consideration of approximately $10 million.  The Company's $125 million share repurchase authorization is valid through May 2019 and currently has $65.7 million remaining for future share repurchases.