Tag: technology

  • IBM (IBM) increases dividend by 0.6%, its 31st consecutive annual increase

    IBM (IBM) increases dividend by 0.6%, its 31st consecutive annual increase

    Dividend Declaration The IBM board of directors declared an increase in the regular quarterly cash dividend to $1.69 per common share, payable June 10, 2026 to stockholders of record as of May 8, 2026. This is the 31st year in a row that IBM has increased its quarterly cash dividend. IBM has paid consecutive quarterly…

  • Microsoft (MSFT) increases dividend by 9.6%, its 16th consecutive annual increase

    Microsoft (MSFT) increases dividend by 9.6%, its 16th consecutive annual increase

    Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.91 per share, reflecting an 8 cent or 10% increase over the previous quarter’s dividend. The dividend is payable Dec. 11, 2025, to shareholders of record on Nov. 20, 2025. The ex-dividend date will be Nov. 20, 2025. In addition,…

  • 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…

  • Microsoft (MSFT) increases dividend by 10%, its 15th consecutive annual increase

    Microsoft (MSFT) increases dividend by 10%, its 15th consecutive annual increase

    Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share, reflecting an 8 cent or 10% increase over the previous quarter’s dividend. The dividend is payable Dec. 12, 2024, to shareholders of record on Nov. 21, 2024. The ex-dividend date will be Nov. 21, 2024. The board…

  • Verizon acquisition of Frontier and the dividend

    Verizon acquisition of Frontier and the dividend

    I used Verizon’s acquisition of Frontier announcement and a couple other sources to create the following AI conversation about the company and the dividend using Google’s NotebookLM. It’s a pretty good way to get a layman’s examination of news and financial information. See what you think. Verizon’s Frontier Acquisition: Expanding Broadband Ambitions & Dividend Strength…

  • IBM (IBM) taps dividend higher by 0.6%, its 29th consecutive annual increase

    IBM (IBM) taps dividend higher by 0.6%, its 29th consecutive annual increase

    The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors today declared an increase in the regular quarterly cash dividend to $1.67 per common share, payable June 10, 2024 to stockholders of record as of May 10, 2024. This is the 29th year in a row that IBM has increased its quarterly cash dividend.  IBM has paid consecutive quarterly dividends since 1916. Arvind Krishna,…