Investing for income through dividends and distributions

Note the date of a special trading period for AT&T shareholders regarding the spinoff of Warner Media. AT&T (T) has a current dividend yield of 4.64% and is rated as “Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold T in my Medium Yield Portfolio. In total T is 0.3% of my portfolio. This event is new to me…

3M (MMM) has a current dividend yield of 3.91% and is rated as “Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold MMM in my Low & Medium Yield Portfolios. In total MMMis 1.1% of my portfolio. The St. Paul, Minn., manufacturing conglomerate said the investment is aimed at advancing remedial actions for the Zwijndrecht community near the city…

Chevron (CVX) has a current dividend yield of 3.45% and is rated as “Safe” by SimplySafeDividends. I hold CVX in my Low Yield Portfolio. In total CVX is 0.7% of my portfolio. More than 500 Chevron Corp. employees went on strike at a refinery in California on Monday amid a contract stalemate. The strike comes after the…

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This week, each company asked the FDA to authorize additional boosters — Pfizer for people over 65, and Moderna for all adults. At the same time, a study published Thursday in the journal JAMA Network Open estimated that a single Johnson & Johnson shot was 76 percent effective at preventing Covid infection and 81 percent for hospitalizations for at…