When Will My Dividend Bounce Back?

Tough pourWhen Coors merged with Molson in 2005 to create MolsonCoors Brewing (NYSE: TAP) , the company didn't have to cut its dividend. In fact, after three years, but the company actually began raising its dividend again. Currently, its dividend yield sits at a solid 2.9%, with quarterly payouts double what they were six years ago. Anheuser Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) is the largest brewer by volume, but the King of Beers is still paying the price for its size. In an effort to reduce debt after the 2008 InBev merger, the company significantly curtailed its dividend. Although its payout has risen dramatically since 2008, the company has said dividend increases completely depend on its ability to repay debt. This is responsible, but it also means the company's 2.1% trailing yield pale in... more

5 Dividend Stocks to Buy After the Pullback

You're probably more interested in the latter. And after stocks' pullback, and a flight-to-safety in Treasuries, the average Dow stock now yields more than 10-year bonds. History is kind to stocks when that situation occurs. Does that mean markets are about to hit a big upswing? No. But it means a few high-quality stocks now deserve more of your attention. Here are five such candidates.... more

Fluor Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend

Fluor Corporation's board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share on the company's common stock, payable October 4, 2011, to shareholders of record on September 2, 2011.... more

Best Yielding Dow Jones and NASDAQ Stocks to Compare

For investors it is necessary to get an overview of yields from major indices in order to allocate capital flows and adjust risk-weighting. I screened stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 Index and Nasdaq 100 by dividend yields and dividend structure. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock market index and one of several indices created by Wall Street Journal editor and Dow Jones & Company co-founder Charles Dow. The index shows how 30 large, publicly owned companies based in the United States have traded during a standard trading session in the stock market. The Dow Jones Index is price weighted. Here are the best yielding Dow Jones 30 stocks: 1. AT&T (T) is acting within the telecom service industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 174.7... more

Carlisle Companies Announces 35th Consecutive Year of Dividend Increases

The Board of Directors of Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE: CSL) has declared a 5.9% increase in the Company’s regular quarterly dividend, to $0.18 per share from $0.17 per share. The dividend is payable on September 1, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 17, 2011. This marks the 35th consecutive year of dividend increases for Carlisle shareholders.... more

Allied Motion Declares Dividend

Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: AMOT) today announced that it will begin a quarterly cash dividend program. The Board of Directors has declared the first quarterly dividend payment of $.02 per share payable on August 29, 2011 to shareholders of record on August 17, 2011.... more

Popular, Inc. Declares Dividends on Preferred Stock, Announces Distribution on Trust Preferred Securities

Popular, Inc. (Nasdaq: BPOP) announced today that it has declared the following monthly cash dividends on its outstanding shares of Non-cumulative Monthly Income Preferred Stock:... more

ADM Directors Declare Cash Dividend

The Board of Directors of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) today declared a cash dividend of 16 cents per share on the company’s stock payable on September 8, 2011, to Stockholders of record on August 18, 2011.... more

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Declares 442nd Regular Quarterly Dividend

Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE: CHD), manufacturer of ARM & HAMMER® consumer and specialty products, today reported that the Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of seventeen cents ($0.17) per share on a post-split basis.... more

The Safest Dividend In The S&P 500

If you're a longtime Dividend Opportunities subscriber, you might remember an issue back in November where I hunted down the safest dividend in the S&P 500. The response to the article was overwhelming. So I decided to provide an update to my newest readers -- taking the same rigorous metrics I applied before to discover where the safest dividend in the S&P is today. Thankfully, the draconian cuts we saw in 2008-2009 are history. Believe it or not, these cuts added up to $52 billion in lost income during 2009 -- and this was for just the cuts from stocks in the S&P 500. To put this figure in perspective, losing $52 billion would put Warren Buffett into bankruptcy. Today the news looks much brighter. Among the 7,000 companies that report dividend information to Standard & Poor's,... more