Chasing the Yield
Investing for income through dividends and distributions
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MSC Industrial (MSM) increases dividend by 2.4%
MSC Industrial Supply Co. (NYSE:MSM), a premier distributor of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) products and services to industrial customers throughout North America, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.87 per share. This represents an increase of approximately 2.4% from the previously paid regular quarterly dividend…
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Bank OZK (OZK) increases dividend by 2.7%
Bank OZK (the “Bank”) (Nasdaq: OZK) announced its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Bank’s common stock of $0.45 per share, up $0.01, or 2.27% from the prior quarter. The common stock dividend is payable on October 21, 2025 to shareholders of record as of October 14, 2025. Bank OZK has increased its quarterly cash dividend on its common stock…
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Philip Morris increases dividend by 8.9%
The Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) has increased the company’s regular quarterly dividend by 8.9% to an annualized rate of $5.88 per share. The new quarterly dividend of $1.47 per share, up from $1.35 per share, is payable on October 20, 2025, to shareholders of record as of October 3, 2025. The ex-dividend date is October 3, 2025. PMI has…
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W.P. Carey (WPC) increases dividend by 1.1%
W. P. Carey Inc. (W. P. Carey, NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.910 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.64 per share. The dividend is payable on October 15, 2025 to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2025. W. P. Carey…
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I froze my credit and you should too
Charles Schwab is my broker for my non-retirement portfolios and I periodically get emails from them with articles about financial topics. This month they had an article I thought I’d share about freezing your credit because it’s something extremely important in this day and age given all the data breaches in the news. In particular,…
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Microsoft (MSFT) increases dividend by 9.6%, its 16th consecutive annual increase
Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.91 per share, reflecting an 8 cent or 10% increase over the previous quarter’s dividend. The dividend is payable Dec. 11, 2025, to shareholders of record on Nov. 20, 2025. The ex-dividend date will be Nov. 20, 2025. In addition,…