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Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of November 24

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending November 24. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week                          BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF (BMQWF): now CAD 0.09 per share monthly dividend. CLPS (CLPS): now $0.10 per share special dividend, was $0.05. CMUV Bancorp (CMUV): now $0.12 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10. Fastenal (FAST): now $0.38 per share special dividend, was $0.35.      Flex LNG (FLNG): now $0.75 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.125. Hormel Foods (HRL): now $0.2825 per share quarterly … Read more

Walmart Warns: “Prices Are Still High and There Is Considerable Pressure on the Consumer”

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  Image Source: Mike Mozart By Brian Nelson, CFA As we wrote in “The Fed ‘Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” in early January, the trade-down trends that we’re seeing in big box retail and with groceries, more generally, are interesting. Inflation started to accelerate with food-at-home prices moving aggressively higher in early 2022, and consumers have been trading down to better value. It probably wasn’t until egg prices soared, however — driven in part by a shortage of egg laying chickens (not just inflationary pressures) – that tipped everyday consumers to budget more cautiously, and the largest big box retailer in Walmart (WMT) is seeing this impact first-hand. Here’s what’s happening on the ground, per Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon on the … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending November 16

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending November 16. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week Acadia Realty Trust (AKR): now $0.28 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.27. Acme United (ACU): now $0.12 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.11. Agilent (A): now $0.164 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.149. American Equity (AEL): now $0.28 per share annual dividend, was $0.26. Anadarko Petroleum (APC): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25. Aramark (ARMK): now $0.11 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.105. Brown-Forman … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending November 17

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Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending November 17. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header. Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week Agilent (A): now $0.149 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.132. American Equity (AEL): now $0.26 per share annual dividend, was $0.24. AmerisourceBergen (ABC): now $0.38 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.365. Aramark (ARMK): now $0.105 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.103. Bancroft Fund (BCV): now $0.41 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25. Black Hills (BKH): now $0.475 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.445. Brown-Forman (BF.B): now … Read more

Stock Market Outlook for 2021

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By Valuentum Analysts February 8, 2021 2020 was one for the history books. We covered our thoughts and reflections on the past year in our “2020 Won’t Soon Be Forgotten” article (link here), and now we are looking towards the future. Global health authorities should be able to bring an end to the ongoing coronavirus (‘COVID-19’) pandemic sooner than many had expected as several vaccines have already been improved for emergency use and several others appear increasingly likely to get approved. Global vaccine distribution activities are currently underway, and this should allow the world to slowly return to pre-pandemic activities. Before then, immense stimulus measures launched primarily in developed nations should support global economic activities until the public health crisis … Read more