Chasing the Yield
Investing for income through dividends and distributions
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Nucor increases dividend by 2%. It’s 50th consecutive annual increase.
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 $0.51 per share. This cash dividend is payable on February 10, 2023 to stockholders of record on December 30, 2022 and is Nucor’s 199th consecutive quarterly cash dividend. Nucor has increased its regular, or base, dividend for 50…
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Pembina Pipeline (PBA) announces intent to switch from monthly to quarterly dividend payouts
Some analysts say this should not affect Pembina’s dividend as it is well supported by their conservative payout ratio. It’s estimated near 60% after accounting for all capital expenditures. Subject to approval of future common share dividends by the Board of Directors, Pembina intends to move from its current practice of paying monthly dividends to…
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Franklin Resources (BEN) increases dividend by 3.4%
Franklin Resources announced a quarterly cash dividend in the amount of $0.30 per share payable on January 13, 2023 to stockholders of record holding shares of common stock at the close of business on December 30, 2022. The quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share represents a 3.4% increase over the dividends paid for the prior quarter…
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9 stocks with uninterrupted dividends for over 100 years and yields of 3.4% or above
The following 9 companies have dividend streaks over 100 years long. Each of them, as of this posting, also pay out a dividend yield of at least 3.4%. I put together a hypothetical portfolio where roughly $1,000 is invested in each stock. This $9,000 will have a dividend yield of about 4.7% paying out a…
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Core Inflation Rose 6.3% in August
While the Consumer-Price Index rose 8.3% in August and is down from the peak of 9.1% in June the Core Consumer-Price Index increased to 6.3% in August from 5.9% in June and July. The Core CPI excludes volatile goods like food and gasoline. This could mean things are actually getting worse economically and the higher…
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The lowest yield stock I hold
In my three portfolios I have a total of 105 holdings. From individual stocks, to money market funds, to closed end funds the range of yields from each goes from less than 1% to over 11%. When looking at all three portfolios combined they yield about 5.6% annually. Today I’m looking at the lowest yield…