Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of October 4

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending October 4. 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                          Almacenes Exito S.A. American Depositary Share, each representing eight (8) Common Shares (EXTO): now $0.0369 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.0116. Alphamin Resources Corp. (AFM:CA): now CAD 0.06 per share interim dividend, was CAD 0.03. American Financial (AFG): now $0.80 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.71. Arrow Financial (AROW): now $0.28 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.27. Bank OZK (OZK): now $0.41 per share … Read more

This Chart Changes Everything Quant

Image shown: Russell 3000 Value Divided by Russell 3000 Growth since September 1993, roughly one year after the publishing of the influential three-factor model. By Brian Nelson, CFA Recently, I wrote up my views on whether quant value is giving value investing a bad name. You can read that note here. The chart above changes everything quant. The chart is not so much about value and growth as it is about highlighting the hazards of extrapolating anything quantitative finance into the future. For those that don’t know why this chart is important, let me provide some background. The entire field of factor investing has been built on the idea that ambiguous and sometimes impractical metrics and data can be used to carve out … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of November 15

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending November 15. 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                          Aker BP ASA (AKRBY): now $0.3003 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.1752. Amkor Technology (AMKR): now $0.0827 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.0788. ArcelorMittal S.A. (AMSYF): now $0.25 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.22. Australia and New Zealand Banking (ANZGY): now $0.5487 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.2635. Autoliv (ALV): now $0.70 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.68. Equity Commonwealth (EQC): now $19.00 per … Read more