HSBC Finance Corporation Declares Dividend for Holders of Series B Preferred Stock

HSBC Finance Corporation announced today that its board of directors declared the regular quarterly cash dividend on the company’s Series B preferred stock of $0.3975 per depositary share payable September 15, 2011, to shareholders of record on September 1, 2011.... more

HSBC USA Inc. Declares Dividends for Holders of Preferred Stock

HSBC USA Inc. announced today that its board of directors declared the regular quarterly cash dividend on the company’s preferred stock as follows, each such dividend payable on October 3, 2011 to stockholders of record on September 15, 2011:... more

The Eastern Company Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend

The Eastern Company (NYSE Amex-EML) today announced the declaration of its regular quarterly cash dividend of nine cents ($0.09) per share, payable September 15, 2011, to common stock shareholders of record as of August 19, 2011. This dividend represents the Company’s 284th consecutive quarterly dividend.... more

United Technologies: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) stacks up in four critical areas to determine whether it's a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making. 1. YieldFirst and foremost, dividend investors like a large forward yield. But if a yield gets too high, it may reflect investors' doubts about the payout's sustainability. If investors had confidence in the stock, they'd be buying it, driving up the share price and shrinking the yield.... more

Deere: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how Deere (NYSE: DE) stacks up in four critical areas to determine whether it's a dividend dynamo or a disaster in the making. 1. YieldFirst and foremost, dividend investors like a large forward yield. But if a yield gets too high, it may reflect investors' doubts about the payout's sustainability. If investors had confidence in the stock, they'd be buying it, driving up the share price and shrinking the yield.... more

High Yielders Unlikely to Blow Up

My real-money Rising Star Portfolio uses a smart screening process to find great stocks. Today, we're going hunting for the most attractive high-yielding companies out there -- those with businesses strong enough to hopefully avoid a devastating dividend cut. Most people now recognize the power of dividend investing. Higher-yielding stocks tend to offer higher returns over time than low- or no-yield stocks, according to research from Jeremy Siegel and others. In fact, the 20 best-performing survivor stocks from the original S&P 500 in 1957 are all dividend payers.... more

Intel Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

Intel Corporation's board of directors has declared a 21 cents per share (84 cents per share on an annual basis) quarterly dividend on the company's common stock, reflecting the previously announced 16 percent increase from May 11.... more

Winmark Corporation Announces Cash Dividend

Winmark Corporation (Nasdaq: WINA) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a cash dividend to shareholders. The quarterly dividend of $0.03 per share will be paid on September 1, 2011 to shareholders of record on the close of business on August 10, 2011. Future dividends will be subject to Board approval.... more

Gain Nearly 10% Annual Yield With This Unlevered Dividend Portfolio

Income investing does not necessarily have to equal low returns. Through the portfolio below, investors can gain a strong amount of income without much risk of a dividend cut. Stock Yield Sector Allocation Beta: CYS 18.74% REIT 10% 0.9 CIM 16% REIT 10% 0.31 MVO 6.91% Oil Trust 10% 0.72 BPT 8.19% Oil Trust 10% 0.64 CH 9.52% Chile ETF 10% 0.83 FTE 9.26% Telecom 10% 0.79 IAF 9.59% Australian ETF 10% 1.46 VZ 5.38% Telecom 10% 0.67 CLCT 8.32% Consumer Disc. 10% 0.91 TNH 6.22% ... more

My 3 Favorite Dividend Stocks From the S&P 500

The S&P 500 index is a popular used tool by investors. Professionals, like big insurance players, allocate their portfolio weighting on the Dow Jones Index and Standard & Poor's 500. The S&P 500 is a free-float capitalization-weighted index published since 1957 by Standard & Poor's, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP). I screened the index with its 500 companies by dividends. The highest yield of the S&P 500 was 9.55 percent paid by Frontier Communications (FTR). The lowest yield came from Precision Castparts (PCP) with a dividend yield of 0.07 percent. In total, 388 stocks pay dividends and have a positive yield, 112 stocks pay no dividends. Here are my favorites: 1. Altria (MO) is acting within the tobacco industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD... more