The defensive nature of healthcare stocks has made them more attractive in this unsettled market.
A new CEO is not going to change the short-term challenges facing the company. Being a successful executive at Apple is no guarantee of success at J.C. Penney’s.
Target announced a 20% dividend increase this quarter to $.30 per share.
Ingersoll-Rand announced this week that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 71% to $.12 per share.
Seagate Technology announced this week that the company will reinstate their quarterly dividend at $.18 per share.
The Bank of Nova Scotia is the 3rd largest bank in Canada and is only the second Canadian bank stock to increase their dividend since the recession.
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide is one of the hottest stocks around right now and it has the ticker symbol to prove it.
Investors are speculating whether BP will reinstate their dividend next week when they report their fourth quarter earnings results.
Since the beginning of 2010, CVX shares have gained nearly 15% and have outpaced the 9.6% gain in the Dow Jones index.
Cisco Systems announced this week that the company will initiate a dividend program by 2011.
Dividend investors can often scoop up accidental high yielding dividend stocks that have gone “on sale” due to market jitters.
With all of the attention that is being given to agriculture stocks these days, it behooves dividend investors to follow the money.
According to the company, this is the longest record of consecutive annual dividend increases within the REIT sector.
It’s hard to ignore the fact that higher gold prices are leading to bigger dividends and investors need to at least consider gold stocks for their portfolio.
Dividend stocks that can demonstrate that they are generating significant cash flow and are increasing their dividend payments are becoming very popular.
It has been widely speculated that BP would be forced to suspend their dividend program given the political pressure they are facing to do so.