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.
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.
Monday, November 15th the Board of Aflac Incorporated (AFL) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.33 to $ 0.40 per share that’s payable March 1, 2021 to holders of record February 16, 2021. This represents a 21.2% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Commenting on the announcement, Aflac Incorporated Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Daniel P. Amos said: "I am pleased with the Board's action to increase the first quarter 2022 dividend. We treasure our record of 39 consecutive years of dividend increases, and our dividend track record is supported by the strength of our capital and cash flows. We remain committed to maintaining strong capital ratios on behalf of our policyholders and balance this financial strength with tactical capital deployment."
With current price $ XX.xx (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to x.xx%.
As the year is coming to an end and November is already over halfway through, it's time to report my dividend income. In October 2021, the dividend income for my portfolio was as follows:
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.
Friday, November 5th the Board of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC) announced a CA$ 0.05 cents per share dividend that’s payable December 20, 2021 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 1, 2021. Combined with its quarterly common dividend of $0.28 per share announced on November 3, 2021, this supplementary dividend results in a total quarterly common shareholders dividend of $0.33 per share or a 17.86% increase.
With current price CA$ 25.07 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.27%.
Thursday, November 4th the Board of TELUS Corporation (TSX: T) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.3162 to CA$ 0.3274 per share that’s payable January 4, 2022 to holders of record December 10, 2021. This represents a 3.54% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
It should be noted that this is the second increase in 2021. In May, TELUS increased from C$ 0.3112 to C$ 0.3162 or 1.61%, bringing the annual increase to 5.21 per cent.
With current price CA$ 29.23 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.48%.