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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 first quarter of the year is over and it's time to report my dividend income. In March 2024 my portfolio dividend income was as follows:
Tuesday, April 16th the Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.19 to $1.24 per share that’s payable June 4, 2024 to holders of record May 21, 2024. This represents a 4.20% increase over the last quarter dividend.
With current price $145.01 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.42%.
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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, April 9th the Board of Directors of The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.9407 to $1.0065 per share that’s payable May 15, 2024 to holders of record April 19, 2024. This represents a 6.99% increase over the last quarter dividend.
This marks the 68th consecutive year that P&G has increased its dividend and the 134th consecutive year that P&G has paid a dividend since its incorporation in 1890.
With current price $155.65 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.59%.
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.
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.
Wednesday, March 20th the Board of Directors of Power Corporation of Canada (TSE:POW) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$0.525 to C$0.5625 per share that’s payable May 1, 2024 to holders of record March 28, 2024. This represents a 7.14% increase over the last quarter dividend.
With current price C$39.45 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.70%.
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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 second month of 2024 is over, soon spring is here and it's time to declare my dividend income. In February 2024, my portfolio's dividend income was as follows:
Wednesday, March 6th the Board of Directors of General Dynamics Corporation (GD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.32 to $1.42 per share that’s payable May 10, 2024 to holders of record April 11, 2024. This represents a 7.58% increase over the last quarter dividend and this is the 27th consecutive annual dividend increase authorized by the General Dynamics board.
With current price $273.01 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.08%.
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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, March 5th the Board of Directors of QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.80 to $0.85 per share and will be effective for quarterly dividends payable after March 21, 2024. This represents a 6.25% increase over the last quarter dividend.
Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated, said, “We are pleased to announce an increase in our quarterly dividend. We remain committed to returning capital to stockholders through a balanced capital return policy, including a baseline of anti-dilutive stock repurchases.”
With current price $174.82 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 1.94%.
Thursday, February 29th the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation plc (ETN) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.86 to $0.94 per share that’s payable March 29, 2024 to holders of record March 11, 2024. This represents a 9.30% increase over the last quarter dividend. Eaton has paid dividends on its shares every year since 1923.
With current price $291.93 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 1.29%.
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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, February 20th the Board of Directors of The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $2.09 to $2.25 per share that’s payable March 21, 2024 to holders of record March 7, 2024. This represents a 7.7% increase over the last quarter dividend. This is the 148th consecutive quarter the Company has paid a cash dividend.
With current price $377.61 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.38%.
Friday, February 16th the Board of Directors of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.4675 to $0.515 per share that’s payable March 15, 2024 to holders of record February 27, 2024. This represents a 10.16% increase over the last quarter dividend.
The board also approved an updated dividend policy beyond 2024, which is expected to translate to a growth rate in dividends per share of roughly 10% per year through at least 2026, off a 2024 base, which is expected to be $2.06 per share.
With current price $55.15 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.74%.
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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, February 16th the Board of Directors of TC Energy Corporation (TRP) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$0.93 to C$0.96 per share that’s payable April 30, 2024 to holders of record March 28, 2024. This represents a 3.23% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price C$53.82 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 7.13%.
Thursday, February 15th the Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company (KO) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.46 to $0.485 per share that’s payable April 1, 2024 to holders of record March 15, 2024. This represents a 5.43% increase over the last quarter dividend. This was the company’s 62nd consecutive annual dividend increase.
The company returned $8 billion in dividends to shareowners in 2023, bringing the total amount of dividends paid to shareowners since Jan. 1, 2010, to $84.7 billion.
With current price $60.70 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.20%.
Wednesday, February 14th the Board of Directors of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$0.365 to C$0.40 per share that’s payable March 19, 2024 to holders of record February 28, 2024. This represents a 9.59% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price C$33.30 (Friday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.80%.
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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, February 14th the Board of Directors of Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.39 to $0.40 per share that’s payable April 24, 2024 to holders of record April 4, 2024. This represents a 2.56% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $49.06 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.26%.
January, the first month of the year, is over and February is already halfway through. So it's time to report my dividend income for January.
Thursday, February 8th the Board of Directors of BCE Inc. (BCE) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$0.9675 to C$0.9975 per share that’s payable April 15, 2024 to holders of record March 15, 2024. This represents a 3.10% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price C$50.33 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 7.93%.
Friday, February 9th the Board of Directors of PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) announced announced a 7.1% increase in its annualized dividend to $5.42 per share from $5.06 per share, effective with the dividend expected to be paid in June 2024. This represents the Company’s 52nd consecutive annual dividend per share increase.
With current price $170.61 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.18%.
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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.
Wednesday, February 7th the Board of Directors of Avista Corporation (AVA) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.46 to $0.475 per share that’s payable March 15, 2024 to holders of record February 23, 2024. This represents a 3.26% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
“The dividend increase approved by the board of directors marks the twenty-second consecutive year the board has raised the dividend for our shareholders. I believe it demonstrates the board’s commitment to maximizing shareholder value,” said Avista Chief Executive Officer Dennis Vermillion.
With current price $33.16 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.73%.
Thursday, February 6th the Board of Directors of Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.25 to $1.30 per share that’s payable March 14, 2024 to holders of record February 20, 2024. This represents a 4.0% increase over the last quarterly dividend. This represents an increase of 4% over the prior year dividend level, the 16th consecutive year the dividend has been increased.
The Company’s Board of Directors has also authorized the repurchase of up to $1.0 billion of outstanding Common Stock during the period from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024.
With current price $108.61 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.79%.
Friday, February 2nd the Board of Directors of Chevron Corporation (CVX) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.51 to $1.63 per share that’s payable March 11, 2024 to holders of record February 16, 2024. This represents a 7.95% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $152.35 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.28%.
Thursday, February 1st the Board of Directors of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (BIP) announced a quarterly distribution increase of from $0.3825 to $0.405 per share that’s payable March 29, 2024 to holders of record February 29, 2024. This distribution represents a 5.88% increase compared to the prior year.
In conjunction with the Partnership’s distribution declaration, the Board of Directors of BIPC has declared an equivalent quarterly dividend of $0.405 per share, also payable on March 29, 2024 to shareholders of record as at the close of business on February 29, 2024.
With current price $31.10 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.21%.
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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, January 31st the Board of Directors of Eversource Energy (ES) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.675 to $0.715 per share that’s payable March 29, 2024 to holders of record March 5, 2024. This represents a 5.93% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $55.20 (Friday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.18%.
Tuesday, January 30th the Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.22 to $1.24 per share that’s payable March 28, 2024 to holders of record March 15, 2024. This represents a 1.64% increase over the last quarterly dividend. This will mark the 38th consecutive year since the firm's initial public offering that the company will have increased its regular annual dividend.
With current price $109.87 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.51%.
Tuesday, January 29th the Board of Directors of Metro Inc. (TSE:MRU) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$0.3025 to C$0.335 per share that’s payable March 12, 2024 to holders of record February 15, 2024. This represents a 10.7% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price C$70.59 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 1.90%.
Tuesday, January 30th the Board of Directors of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.62 to $1.63 per share that’s payable March 8, 2024 to holders of record February 20, 2024. This represents a 0.62% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
With current price $145.06 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.49%.
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Thursday, January 25th the Board of Directors of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.45 to $0.50 per share that’s payable February 29, 2024 to holders of record February 8, 2024. This represents a 11.1% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
This is ADM's 369th consecutive quarterly payment, a record of more than 92 years of uninterrupted dividends.
With current price $52.05 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.84%.
Thursday, January 25th the Board of Directors of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $1.75 to $1.77 per share that’s payable May 13, 2024 to holders of record April 1, 2024. This represents a 1.14% increase over the last quarterly dividend. This marks the 42nd consecutive year that Air Products has increased its dividend payment.
Air Products Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Seifi Ghasemi said, “We remain committed to striking the right balance of returning cash to our shareholders and investing in our growth opportunities. We expect to return approximately $1.6 billion to our shareholders in 2024, extending our track record of more than 40 years of increasing the dividend, while continuing to execute high-return industrial gas and clean hydrogen projects that advance sustainability and the energy transition. This balanced approach to capital allocation will allow us to meet our capital needs while maintaining our A/A2 ratings.”
With current price $263.65 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 2.69%.
Tuesday, January 23rd the Board of Directors of Canadian National Railway Company (CNR) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from C$0.79 to C$0.845 per share that’s payable March 28, 2024 to holders of record March 7, 2024. This represents a 6.96% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
In addition, CNR has approved the repurchase of its shares under a new normal course issuer bid (Bid). The Bid permits CN to purchase, for cancellation, over a 12-month period up to 32 million common shares, representing 5.63% of the 568,002,080 common shares issued and outstanding of the Company not held by insiders on January 18, 2024.
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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.
December, the last month of the year, has passed and with it, 2023 is already history. It's time to report my dividend income and take a look at how the year went and set goals for 2023. The dividend income for the last month of the year 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.
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.