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  • UGI (UGI) announces review of strategic alternatives

    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…

  • Make money from America’s self-storage addiction

    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…

  • Altria (MO) raises dividend by 4.3%, its 58th increase in 54 years

    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…

  • 3 things I wish I knew in my 20s

    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…

  • Like a Phoenix Rising

    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…

  • Arrow Financial increases quarterly dividend by 3%, its 41st consecutive quarterly dividend

    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…