Category: Blog
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UGI (UGI) announces review of strategic alternatives
UGI Corporation Announces Review of Strategic Alternatives UGI may be considering spinning off its propane operation. Its propane business is about 40% of its earnings and this effort looks to reduce its earnings volatility and strengthen its balance sheet. UGI Investor Update Slide Deck Simply Safe Dividends issued a note on the news ($$). UGI…
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Make money from America’s self-storage addiction
It’s well known that Americans like to buy stuff. I know this first hand being an American with a wife that, I believe, single handedly pulled the United States out of the 2008/2009 Great Recession. Back when my kids were young and we lived in a modest 3 bedroom split-level in a Chicago suburb we…
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Altria (MO) raises dividend by 4.3%, its 58th increase in 54 years
Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) today announced that our Board of Directors voted to increase our regular quarterly dividend by 4.3% to $0.98 per share versus the previous rate of $0.94 per share. The quarterly dividend is payable on October 10, 2023 to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2023. The ex-dividend date is…
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3 things I wish I knew in my 20s
I’m old. 56 to be exact. I didn’t start investing my money until I was in my mid 40s. And then I didn’t know much about what I wanted to do. I never learned anything about money from my parents and the only courses I took in school were accounting and economics. There was nothing…
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Like a Phoenix Rising
I’m reviving my podcast. This is a short episode just to bring this back to life. Go to podcastindex.org to learn more about Podcasting 2.0. Download a new podcast app where you can stream payments to me or any other podcaster that has Value4Value enabled. Join me next week where I pick this up on…
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Arrow Financial increases quarterly dividend by 3%, its 41st consecutive quarterly dividend
The Board of Directors of Arrow Financial Corporation (NasdaqGS® – AROW) on July 26, 2023, declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share payable September 15, 2023 to shareholders of record on September 1, 2023. This represents a 3% increase over the cash dividend paid in the third quarter of 2022, as a result…