Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Pfizer Could Raise Dividend By 20% Later This Month

About: (Pfizer, PFE, Dividend Aristocrat’s Index)

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), the world’s largest drugmaker, may raise its quarterly dividend by as much as 20% later this month, according to a Credit Suisse analyst. Obviously, this is good news for wary Pfizer shareholders that endured a 50% dividend reduction earlier [...]

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 [...]

It Pays To Follow Warren Buffett

About: (BDX, Becton Dickinson, Warren Buffett)

Warren Buffett is a legend in the world of investing for many reasons, but for all of his prescient acquisitions and smart purchases of value stocks, sometimes investors forget about his affinity for dividends. In fact, dividends have provided the cornerstone for Buffett’s value investment [...]

Going To School With A Couple Education-Related Dividends

About: (NNI, DV, SPAN)

Nelnet (NYSE: NNI), the student loan provider, said it will reinstate its 7-cent quarterly dividend in the current quarter after suspending the payout in the second quarter of 2008. The news comes after Nebraska-based Nelnet said its third-quarter beat analysts’ estimates. The new dividend will [...]

Dividend Stock Increases in the World Of Dividend Investing 

About: (STR, SYK, MSEX, SWWC, NRGP, STRA)

In an effort to keep you update on news, particularly good news, from the world of dividends, we are constantly scouring the news wires for news related to dividends that income investors will find useful. With that, here are some more [...]