Chasing the Yield

Investing for income through dividends and distributions

  • Philip Morris (PM) increases dividend by 8.8%

    Philip Morris (PM) increases dividend by 8.8%

    The Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) has increased the company’s regular quarterly dividend by 8.8% to an annualized rate of $6.40 per share. The new quarterly dividend of $1.60 per share, up from $1.47 per share, is payable on October 26, 2026, to shareholders of record as of October…

  • W.P. Carey (WPC) increases dividend by 1.1%

    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 $0.950 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.80 per share. The dividend is payable on October 15, 2026 to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2026. W. P. Carey…

  • New Jersey Resources (NJR) increased their dividend by 5.3%, its 31st consecutive annual increase

    New Jersey Resources (NJR) increased their dividend by 5.3%, its 31st consecutive annual increase

    The board of directors (the “Board”) of New Jersey Resources Corporation (NYSE: NJR) unanimously approved an increase in the quarterly dividend rate to $0.50 per share from $0.475 per share. The new quarterly rate will be effective with the dividend payable October 1, 2026, to shareowners of record on September 24, 2026. The new annual…

  • Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.2%, its 136th increase since 1994

    Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.2%, its 136th increase since 1994

    Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today declared an increase in its common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2715 per share from $0.2710 per share. The dividend is payable on October 15, 2026, to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2026. The new monthly dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $3.258 per share as…

  • Simply Safe Dividends: What It Costs and Why I Use It

    Simply Safe Dividends: What It Costs and Why I Use It

    I started using Simply Safe Dividends in 2019, when I found it through a newspaper column by Elliott Raphaelson in the Chicago Tribune. His description matched exactly what I was trying to do with my own money at the time. I had spent years with everything sitting in money market accounts, high yield savings, and…

  • What the U.S.-Canada Trade War Means for Canadian Dividend Holdings

    What the U.S.-Canada Trade War Means for Canadian Dividend Holdings

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock you probably heard the trade relationship between the United States and Canada broke down this month. The U.S. imposed a 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods on August 22 and Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Canada will respond with matching tariffs on U.S. goods starting…