Seagate: Dividend Dynamo or Blowup?

Let's examine how Seagate (Nasdaq: STX) 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

Ameriprise Financial Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

The Board of Directors of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per common share payable on August 19, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 5, 2011.... more

Investing in High Dividend Dow Stocks

Investors are concerned about large budget deficits and Fed’s loose monetary policy. One of the most successful hedge fund managers, Ray Dalio, believes that the devaluation of the heavily indebted country currencies is inevitable, and investors should protect themselves for the near future. Like Ray Dalio, we also believe that investors should play more defensively and invest in high dividend yielding stocks in the upcoming inflationary environment. High dividend stocks generally perform well and usually increase dividend payments over the succeeding 5-10 years. We believe high dividend yielding stocks will perform better than T-bonds over the next 10 years. We compiled this list of 30 Dow stocks and ranked them based on their annualized dividend yields. The stocks with... more

3 High Dividend Yield Stocks Being Snapped Up by Insiders

If you are considering dividend stocks, you may find this list very interesting. We ran a screen on high dividend yield stocks, paying yields between 4-7% with sustainable payout ratios below 35%. We screened this universe for those seeing significant net insider buying over the last six months. Interactive Chart: Press Play to compare changes in analyst ratings over the last two years for the stocks mentioned below. Analyst ratings sourced from Zacks Investment Research. Your browser does not support iframes. We also created a price-weighted index of the stocks mentioned below, and monitored the performance of the list relative to the S&P 500 index over the last month. To access a complete analysis of this list's recent performance, click here. Do you think insiders are... more

Debt Disorder Takes a Toll on Dividend ETFs

Roughly one hour before bond and stock markets closed on Monday, 7/25/11, congressional Democrats expressed that the House Republican debt plan was a “non-starter” in the Senate. Wince! Six hours later, President Obama spoke to the American people about a potential catastrophe that could see interest rates on credit cards, mortgages and car loans skyrocket. Yikes! And one hour before the markets finished on Tuesday, 7/26/11, the White House threatened the possibility of vetoing the Boehner 2-step approach. Geez! In spite of the scary public discourse, neither the bond market nor the stock market have taken the bait yet. Indeed, I’ve discussed the probability that markets would remain relatively calm in earlier features. (See “Bond ETFs Predict Debt Ceiling Will be Raised Without... more

Ethan Allen Declares Cash Dividend

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. ("Ethan Allen" or the "Company") (NYSE: ETH) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share which will be payable to shareholders of record as of October 10, 2011 and will be paid on October 25, 2011.... more

Schwab Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

The Board of Directors of The Charles Schwab Corporation has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per common share. The dividend is payable August 26, 2011 to stockholders of record August 12, 2011.... more

RAIT Financial Trust Declares Third Quarter 2011 Preferred Dividends

RAIT Financial Trust (NYSE: RAS) announced that on July 26, 2011, RAIT’s Board of Trustees declared a third quarter 2011 cash dividend of $0.484375 per share on RAIT’s 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.5234375 per share on RAIT’s 8.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares and $0.5546875 per share on RAIT’s 8.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares. The dividends will be paid on September 30, 2011 to holders of record on September 1, 2011.... more

Textron Declares Quarterly Dividend

The Board of Directors of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.02 per share on the company’s Common Stock.... more

Kimco Realty Announces Quarterly Cash Dividends on Common and Preferred Shares

Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per common share, payable on October 17, 2011 to shareholders of record on October 5, 2011, representing an ex-dividend date of October 3, 2011.... more