Friday, September 3rd, 2010

The Latest in the World of Dividend Investing

About: Safeway (NYSE: SWY), Dominick’s, Safeway, Vons, Ashland (NYSE: ASH), Ashland Chemical, Hercules Chemical, Dow Jones  U.S. Select Dividend Index, Zenith National Insurance (NYSE: ZNT), H.J. Heinz (NYSE: HNZ), Fairfax Financial (NSYE: FFH), GoldCorp (NYSE: GG), GoldCorp

Supermarket operator Safeway (NYSE: SWY) announced a payout increase dividend shoppers may [...]

US Bancorp Follows Dividend Footsteps of Rivals

About: US Bancorp (NYSE: USB), JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Bloomberg News, Bancorp, quarterly dividend, dividend increase, Dividend Genius, dividend stock, stock dividend, dividend stocks, stock dividends
There’s something to be said for consistency and predictability and those two themes have been especially prevalent [...]

Big Changes Afoot For Dividend Aristocrats Index

About: (BF.B, Brown Forman, CTAS, Cintas, BBT, BB T, Legg Mason, LM, M&T Bank, MTB, State Street, SST, US Bankcorp USB, Avery Dennison, AVY, Gannett, GCI, Johnson Controls, JCI, General Electric, GE, Pfizer, PFE)

There are dozens, if not hundreds of indexes tracking various sectors of the market, but for [...]

Be Wary Of This REIT Dividend Reinstatement

About: (HPT, Hospitality Properties Trust, REITS)

Be Wary Of This REIT Dividend Reinstatement
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) were once a solid spot for dividend investors to park some cash and collect steady payouts. REITs normally offer solid yields and some good tax benefits to shareholders, but the financial crisis of [...]