Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending December 14

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending December 14. 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 AES (AES): now $0.1365 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13. Albany (AIN): now $0.18 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.17. AT&T (T): now $0.51 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.50. Balchem (BCPC): now $0.47 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.42. C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW): now $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.46. CenterPoint (CNP): now $0.2875 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2775. CNB Community Bancorp (CNBB): … Read more

China

Image Source: Mike Behnken Our concerns about China are not new, and neither are your concerns. The potential Treasury Secretary-to-be, Carl Icahn, that is one in a world of a Donald Trump presidency, which has become all-the-more likely now that Ted Cruz and John Kasich have stepped aside, recently brought to light the differences between a capitalist society such as that of the US and a communist nation such as that of China (FXI). Unlike the US government which isn’t necessarily anti-business, even if it isn’t pro-business if existing corporate tax rates are any measure, the Chinese government can make things awfully hard on any company doing business within its borders, if it wants to. What Icahn has been referring … Read more