First Harvey, Now Irma

Image Source: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA Sees Irma Strengthen to a Category 5 Hurricane. This visible light image of Hurricane Irma was captured by NOAA’s GOES East satellite as it strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane in the Central Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 5 at 7:45 a.m. EDT (1145 UTC). NASA and NOAA satellites have been providing valuable satellite imagery to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center, and revealed that Hurricane Irma has strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane on Sept. 5 around 8 a.m. EDT (1200 UTC). Credits: NASA/NOAA GOES Project. Hurricane season 2017 has not been kind to insurers.  By Brian Nelson, CFA What a disaster-of-a-hurricane-season 2017 is shaping up to be. Our hearts and thoughts go out to … Read more

Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of April 19

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending April 19. 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                          Absa Group Limited (AGRPY): now $0.57 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.55. Airbus SE (EADSY): now $0.363 per share annual dividend, was $0.357. Alm. Brand A/S (ABDBY): now $0.1024 per share annual dividend, was $0.0552. Bae Systems plc (BAESY): now $0.902 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.553. Banca Mediolanum S.p.A. (BNCDY): now $0.617 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.393. Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB): now … Read more