Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week of October 18

Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending October 18. 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                          AVI Limited (AVSFY): now $0.8942 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.3815. Avnet (AVT): now $0.55 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.33. Blackstone (BX): now $0.86 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.82. Discovery Limited (DCYHY): now $0.1585 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.0733. Dorchester Minerals (DMLP): now $0.9957 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.7020. dormakaba Holding AG (DRMKY): now $0.0812 per share semi-annual dividend, was … 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

The Correction: Markets Ease Thursday

The S&P 500 brushed off a sluggish open Thursday, recovering through most of the afternoon following the close of European markets. We’re not particularly fond of commenting on daily market activity, but we want to make sure readers know that we’re monitoring the correction very closely to see if things could get much worse. There are a variety of factors that could make the markets even uglier: sliding energy prices (impact on Big Oil’s profits), Ebola outbreak (impact on airlines, hotels), Hong Kong (disruptions in Asia), European weakness (risks of weaker economic activity), ISIS and Russia (geopolitical uncertainty), and the list goes on and on and on (our seven are here). One very important voice from the crowd, however, is speaking … Read more