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Tuesday, December 13th the Board of Directors of WEC Energy Group, Inc. (WEC) announced plan to increase a quarterly dividend from $ 0.7275 to $ 0.78 per share that’s payable March 1, 2023 to holders of record February 14, 2023. This represents a 7.22% increase over the last quarterly dividend. The directors expect to declare the new dividend at their regularly scheduled meeting in January.
"The board's review today is consistent with our ongoing plan targeting a dividend payout ratio of 65 to 70 percent of earnings," said Gale Klappa, executive chairman.
With current price $ 95.07 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.28%.
Time seems to fly and the year will be over in a few days, so it's finally time to announce my dividend income for November. In November 2022, the dividend income for my portfolio was as follows:
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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.
Monday, December 12th the Board of Directors of Amgen Inc. (AMGN) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.94 to $ 2.13 per share that’s payable March 8, 2023 to holders of record February 15, 2023. This represents a 9.79% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $ 266.26 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.20%.
Friday, December 9th the Board of Directors of Pfizer Inc. (PFE) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.40 to $ 0.41 per share that’s payable March 3, 2023 to holders of record January 27, 2023. This represents a 2.5% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
“Our ability to increase our dividend is a testament to our solid financial performance during 2022,” said Dr. Albert Bourla, Pfizer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “This increase reinforces Pfizer’s commitment of returning value to our shareholders.”
With current price $ 51.36 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.19%.
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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.
Thursday, December 8th the Board of Directors of Edison International (EIX) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.70 to $ 0.7375 per share that’s payable January 31, 2023 to holders of record December 30, 2022. This represents a 5.36% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
“Today’s 5.4% increase in our dividend reflects the board and management’s continued confidence and commitment to delivering on the company’s 5% to 7% long-term EPS growth target. This marks the 19th consecutive annual increase in Edison International’s dividend, which delivers an attractive yield and remains a key component of the company’s total return proposition,” said Pedro J. Pizarro, president and CEO of Edison International.
With current price $ 67.16 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.39%.
Thursday, December 8th the Board of Directors of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.54 to $ 0.57 per share that’s payable February 1, 2023 to holders of record January 6, 2023. This represents a 5.56% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
This marks the fourteenth consecutive fiscal year that the company has increased its dividend and the 91st consecutive year that the company has paid a dividend.
With current price $ 78.89 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.89%.
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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.
Thursday, December 1st the Board of Directors of TD Bank Group (TD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$ 0.89 to C$ 0.96 per share that’s payable January 31, 2023 to holders of record January 6, 2023. This represents a 7.87% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price C$ 89.27 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.30%.
Wednesday, November 30th the Board of Directors of Enbridge Inc. (ENB) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$ 0.86 to C$ 0.8875 per share that’s payable March 1, 2023 to holders of record February 15, 2023. This represents a 3.2% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Commenting on the Company's outlook, Al Monaco, President and CEO of Enbridge, noted among others the following:
“Consistent with our continued positive outlook for our business, we're pleased to increase our dividend by over 3%, marking our 28th consecutive annual increase since 1995. Continuing this track record is consistent with our value proposition and objective of growing dividends ratably, while remaining well within our payout range of 60-70% of DCF”
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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.
Wednesday, November 30th the Board of Directors of Royal Bank of Canada (RY) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$ 1.28 to C$ 1.32 per share that’s payable February 24, 2023 to holders of record January 26, 2023. This represents a 3.13% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
It is worth noting that this was the second increase this year, in May the dividend rose from C$ 1.20 to C$ 1.28, so the increase over the year is 10%.
With current price C$ 134.67 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.92%.
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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.
As the year is coming to an end and November is already over halfway through, it's time to report my dividend income for October. In October 2022, the dividend income for my portfolio was as follows:
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Tuesday, November 8th the Board of Directors of Aflac Incorporated (AFL) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.40 to $ 0.42 per share that’s payable March 1, 2023 to holders of record February 15, 2023. This represents a 5.0% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Additionally, its Board of Directors authorized the purchase of up to 100 million shares of its common stock. This authorization is in addition to the 25.6 million shares as of September 30, 2022, that remained under the August 11, 2020 authorization, bringing the total number of shares available for purchase to approximately 125.6 million. The company anticipates that the repurchase of shares will be conducted from time to time in open market or negotiated transactions, depending on market conditions.
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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.
Friday, November 4th the Board of TELUS Corporation (TSE:T) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.3386 to CA$ 0.3511 per share that’s payable January 3, 2023 to holders of record December 9, 2022. This represents a 3.69% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
It should be noted that this is the second increase in the last 12 months. In May 2022, TELUS increased quarterly dividend from C$ 0.3274 to C$ 0.3386 or 3.54%, bringing the annual increase to 7.24 per cent.
With current price CA$ 28.53 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.92%.
Wednesday, November 2nd the Board of Directors of Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) announced a monthly dividend increase of from $ 0.22 to $ 0.225 per share that’s payable January 13, 2023 to holders of record January 6, 2023. This represents a 2.27% increase over the last monthly dividend.
Since its October 2007 initial public offering, Main Street has periodically increased the amount of its regular monthly dividends paid per share and has never reduced its regular monthly dividend amount per share.
In addition to the regular monthly dividends for the first quarter of 2023, the Board of Directors declared a supplemental cash dividend of $0.10 per share payable in December 28, 2022 to holders of record December 20, 2022.
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Tuesday, November 1st the Board of Directors of Triton International Limited (TRTN) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0 .65 to $0.70 per share that’s payable December 22, 2022 to holders of record December 8, 2022. This represents a 7.69% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Mr. Sondey concluded, "The increase in Triton's quarterly dividend reflects Triton's strong balance sheet, outstanding financial performance and our confidence that Triton's profitability and cash flows will remain strong."
With current price $ 59.60 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.70%.
Friday, October 28th the Board of Directors of AbbVie Inc. (ABBV) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.41 to $ 1.48 per share that’s payable February 15, 2023 to holders of record January 3, 2023. This represents a 4.96% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $ 147.03 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.03%.
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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.
Tuesday, October 25th the Board of Directors of Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.43 to $ 0.48 per share that’s payable December 29, 2022 to holders of record December 15, 2022. This represents an 11.63% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $ 19.51 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 9.84%.
Thursday, October 20th the Board of Directors of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.85 to $ 0.865 per share that’s payable December 1, 2022 to holders of record November 1, 2022. This represents a 1.76% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $ 64.61 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.36%.
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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.
The last quarter of the year is well underway and it's time to report my dividend income for September. The dividend income for the last month of the third quarter was as follows:
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Yesterday, October 13th the Board of Directors of McDonald's Corporation (MCD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.38 to $ 1.52 per share that’s payable December 15, 2022 to holders of record December 1, 2022. This represents a 10.14% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
McDonald's has a strong history of returning capital to its shareholders and has raised its dividend for 46 consecutive years since paying its first dividend in 1976.
With current price $ 246.75 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.46%.
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Friday, September 30th the Board of Directors of Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 2.80 to $ 3.00 per share that’s payable December 30, 2022 to holders of record December 1, 2022. This represents a 7.14% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $ 402.51 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.98%.
Wednesday, September 28th the Board of Directors of Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.49 to $ 0.53 per share that’s payable November 25, 2022 to holders of record November 11, 2022. This represents an 8.16% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $ 85.62 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.48%.
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Wednesday, September 28th the Board of Directors of Fortis Inc. (TSE: FTS) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$ 0.535 to C$ 0.565 per share that’s payable December 1, 2022 to holders of record November 17, 2022. This represents a 5.61% increase over the last quarterly dividend. That announcement marks 49 consecutive years of dividend increases.
With current price $ 54.72 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.13%.
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Summer is over and so is August, autumn has begun and it's time to report my dividend income. In August 2022, the dividend income of my portfolio was as follows:
Thursday, September 15th the Board of Directors of Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.15 to $ 1.24 per share that’s payable November 15, 2022 to holders of record October 31, 2022. This represents a 7.83% increase over the last quarterly dividend. That announcement marks 19 consecutive years of dividend increases.
The board of directors also authorized the company to repurchase an additional $15 billion of its common stock over time. This is in addition to approximately $8.2 billion of previously authorized repurchases that remained at the end of June 2022.
With current price $ 166.25 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.98%.
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Wednesday, September 14th the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.25 to $ 1.27 per share that’s payable October 12, 2022 to holders of record September 28, 2022. This represents a 1.60% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $ 93.83 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.41%.
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Tuesday, September 6th the Board of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.64 to $ 0.6525 per share that’s payable November 1, 2022 to holders of record October 7, 2022. This represents a 1.95% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
This is the 18th consecutive year Verizon’s Board has approved a quarterly dividend increase.
“Our consistently disciplined approach to the market to maximize growth and profitability has again put the Verizon Board in a position to raise the dividend,” said Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg. “We will continue to execute our network-as-a-service strategy to deliver long-term shareholder value.”
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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.
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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.
Despite the fact that Hawk was off in week 33, his portfolio was still busy, so in this week's review I report on the dividends over the last two weeks and transactions in my portfolio over the last three weeks.
Thursday, August 25th the Board of Directors of Altria Group, Inc. (MO) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.90 to $ 0.94 per share that’s payable October 11, 2022 to holders of record September 15, 2022. This represents a 4.44% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Today’s dividend increase reflects Altria’s intention to return a large amount of cash to shareholders in the form of dividends and is consistent with Altria’s long-term objective of a dividend payout ratio target of approximately 80% of its adjusted diluted earnings per share. This increase marks the 56th dividend increase in the past 52 years.
With current price $ 46.39 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 8.11%.
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In this review, there is no summary of the important and interesting news and events of the last week related to my portfolio holdings, nor interesting articles from other websites, just a few pictures, because Hawk was in holiday mode. Probably week 34 will be business as usual.
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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.
The last month of summer, August is already upon us and more than half of Hawk's summer holiday has already also passed! Anyway, it's time again to report my dividend income for the last month. In July 2022, my dividend income was as follows:
Friday, August 5th the Board of Directors of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 1.22 to $ 1.31 per share that’s payable October 14, 2022 to holders of record September 30, 2022. This represents a 7.38% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $ XX (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to XX%.