Chasing the Yield

Investing for income through dividends and distributions

  • 7 reasons to be skeptical of today’s U.S. stock market

    7 reasons to be skeptical of today’s U.S. stock market

    Here they are in no particular order. Simply Safe Dividends (This is not an ad. I pay for this service.) published their note on the past year and they illustrated how much of the market is concentrated in just a handful of stocks which all of them are in the technology sector. An individual investor…

  • Bank OZK (OZK) increases dividend by 2.4%

    Bank OZK (OZK) increases dividend by 2.4%

    Bank OZK (the “Bank”) (Nasdaq: OZK) announced its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Bank’s common stock of $0.42 per share, up $0.01, or 2.44% from the prior quarter. The common stock dividend is payable on January 21, 2025 to shareholders of record as of January 14, 2025. Bank OZK has increased its quarterly cash dividend on its common stock…

  • W.P. Carey (WPC) increases dividend by 0.57%

    W.P. Carey (WPC) increases dividend by 0.57%

    W. P. Carey Inc. (W. P. Carey, NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.880 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.52 per share. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2025 to stockholders of record as of December 31, 2024. W. P. Carey…

  • Old Republic International (ORI) announces special dividend of $2.00 per share

    Old Republic International (ORI) announces special dividend of $2.00 per share

    Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE: ORI) – today announced its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $2.00 per share. This special dividend is payable on January 15, 2025 to shareholders of record on January 3, 2025 and will return approximately $500 million to shareholders. In the fourth quarter to date, Old Republic has purchased $174…

  • Nucor Corp (NUE) increases dividend by 1.9%, its 52nd consecutive annual increase

    Nucor Corp (NUE) increases dividend by 1.9%, its 52nd consecutive annual increase

    This company has been paying dividends since I was 6 years old! The Board of Directors of Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) today announced the increase of its regular quarterly cash dividend on Nucor’s common stock to $0.55 per share. This cash dividend is payable on February 11, 2025 to stockholders of record on December 31,…

  • Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.19%, its 128th increase since 1994

    Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.19%, its 128th increase since 1994

    Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced it has declared an increase in the company’s common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2640 per share from $0.2635 per share. The dividend is payable on January 15, 2025, to stockholders of record as of January 2, 2025. This is the 128th…