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  • Realty Income (O) announces its 120th dividend increase since 1994

    Realty Income (O) announces its 120th dividend increase since 1994

    The increase is only 0.20% but it is an increase never the less! Realty Income Corporation (O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced its Board of Directors has declared an increase in the company’s common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2550 per share from $0.2545 per share. The dividend is payable on April 14, 2023, to stockholders of record…

  • What’s going on with my podcast?

    What’s going on with my podcast?

    My podcast has been on hiatus since July of 2022. I have plans to start up again but need to get some systems in place for my workflow. For some reason there has been a massive uptick in listeners. I don’t know why. After a year of episodes I didn’t have a ton of listeners.…

  • Biden Administration places new restrictions on Arctic Oil exploration

    Biden Administration places new restrictions on Arctic Oil exploration

    President Biden moved to block future oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Ocean’s federal waters, part of a sweeping plan to protect 16 million acres of land and water in Alaska. Sunday’s announcement comes as the administration is preparing to approve the massive Willow oil-drilling project in the Alaskan Arctic over the objections of environmentalists and…

  • Cash competing with dividend stocks

    Cash competing with dividend stocks

    Higher interest rates means government-bonds and FDIC insured bank accounts can provide yield without the risk inherent in owning equities. Because U.S. government bonds are considered to be safer than even blue-chip stocks, some investors say it is difficult to justify putting money in the relatively risky stock market. The extra yield from a dividend-paying…

  • Old Republic (ORI) increases dividend by 6.5%, its 42nd straight year

    Old Republic (ORI) increases dividend by 6.5%, its 42nd straight year

    Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE: ORI) — today announced its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on the common stock of 24.5 cents per common share. This dividend is payable on March 15, 2023 to shareholders of record on March 6, 2023. Subject to Board approval of each quarter’s new rate, the…

  • Main Street Capital announces supplemental dividend

    Main Street Capital announces supplemental dividend

    In addition to the regular monthly dividends for the second quarter of 2023, the Board of Directors declared a supplemental cash dividend of $0.175 per share payable in March 2023. This supplemental cash dividend, which will be payable as set forth in the table below, will be paid out of Main Street’s undistributed taxable income…