Category: Blog
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OVHcloud files antitrust complaint against Microsoft with European Commission
Microsoft (MSFT) has a current dividend yield of 0.84% and is rated as “Very Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold MSFT in my Low Yield Portfolio. In total MSFT is 0.7% of my portfolio. OVHcloud said it filed the complaint with the European Commission, the European Union’s top competition regulator. The complaint focuses on the way…
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Windows 10 mayhem
Windows 10 upsets my apple cart, Russia continues to dominate the news, public pension stock dependency, companies continue to isolate Russia, and much much more!
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Individual investors jumping into energy stocks
The Energy Sector makes up 21% of my total portfolio. On Monday, retail investors purchased a net $340 million of U.S.-listed energy stocks and exchange-traded funds, the most in one day in VandaTrack data going back to 2014. Over the five trading days through Tuesday, they bought a net $122.05 million of Chevron Corp. shares…
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Pepsi exploring options for its business units in Russia
Like dominoes they continue to fall. Pepsi (PEP) has a current dividend yield of 2.88% and is rated as “Very Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold PEP in my Low and Medium Yield Portfolios. In total PEP is 1.5% of my portfolio. Large Western companies are under increasing pressure to pull out of the country in…
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Unilever suspends most operations in Russia
Like P&G, Unilever will continue to supply essential food and hygiene products in Russia. Unilever (UL) has a current dividend yield of 4.49% and is rated as “Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold ULin my Low Yield Portfolio. In total UL is 0.3% of my portfolio. Unilever PLC said it will stop its advertising and media…
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Shell to withdraw from Russian oil and gas
Shell owns 68.5% of Shell Midstream Partners. Shell Midstream Partners (SHLX) has a current dividend yield of 8.41% and is rated as “Borderline Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold SHLX in my High Yield Portfolio. In total SHLX is 1.7% of my portfolio. Shell had previously said it would pull out of a number of joint ventures in…
