Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of October 17

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending October 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                          A.O. Smith Corporation (AOS): now $0.36 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.34. Agree Realty (ADC): now $0.262 per share monthly dividend, was $0.256. Banner (BANR): now $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.48. Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CAR.UN:CA): now CAD 0.1292 per share monthly dividend, was CAD 0.1291. Citizens Financial Group (CFG): now $0.46 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.42. DBM … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of October 11

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending October 11. 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                          Agree Realty (ADC): now $0.253 per share monthly dividend, was $0.250. American Mobile Dental Corp. (AMBD): now $0.7085 per share quarterly dividend. AMFI Corp. (AFIPA): now $275.00 per share dividend, was $270.00. Avient (AVNT): now $0.27 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.26. Bank of Hawaii Corporation DEP SHS SER B (BOH.PR.B): now $0.5000 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2223. Calvin B. Taylor Bankshares (TYCB): … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of October 13

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending October 13. 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                          A.O. Smith (AOS): now $0.32 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.30. Agree Reality (ADC): now $0.247 per share monthly dividend, was $0.243. Avient (AVNT): now $0.2575 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2475. Emera Incorporated (EMA:CA): now CAD 0.7175 per share quarterly dividend, was CAD 0.6900. EQT (EQT): now $0.1575 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.1500. Gladstone Land (LAND): now $0.0464 per share quarterly dividend, … Read more

Brace for More Volatility

Image shown: The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) since August of last year. The markets have broken through key support levels, and now support has become resistance. Volatility remains heightened since the low-vol ETN blew up in February. This article is the introduction to both the Dividend Growth Newsletter and High Yield Dividend Newsletter, both of which will be released today due to the holiday January 1. By Brian Nelson, CFA Markets are facing big pressure on the trading session January 3. There’s more to the story than rising interest rates. There’s more to the story than the US-China trade war. There’s more to the story than concerns about the political environment. Price-agnostic (indexing and quant) trading, as I outline in … Read more