Courier Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend

The Board of Directors of Courier Corporation (Nasdaq: CRRC), has declared a dividend of 21.0 cents per common share, payable August 26, 2011 to stockholders of record on August 12, 2011. The amount of the dividend is the same as declared in the previous quarter.... more

PPG Directors Announce Quarterly Dividend of 57 Cents Per Share

The board of directors of PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 57 cents per share, payable Sept. 12 to shareholders of record Aug. 10.... more

RF Industries' Board of Directors Doubles The Company's Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend to $0.05 Per Common Share; Declares $0.25 Special Cash Dividend

RF Industries (Nasdaq: RFIL) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a doubling of the Company's regular quarterly cash dividend from $0.025 per common share to $0.05 per common share. The regular quarterly cash dividend will be payable October 17, 2011 to shareholders of record on September 30, 2011.... more

6 Attractively Valued Dividend Growth Stocks Reporting Earnings

Investors today have instant access to minute by minute changes in the stock prices of their portfolio holdings in real time. Since stock prices tend to fluctuate wildly from one day to the next, I for one do not feel that this information overload is a good thing. What makes matters even worse is how wildly the value of a stock can change from one day to the next. It's not uncommon to see a stock rise or fall by 10% or more on any given trading day. Yet common sense would dictate that the intrinsic value of a large publicly traded company could not possibly change that much that quickly. Price swings, like those mentioned above, are most likely to happen on the day the company reports earnings. Minor misses or beats with their earnings estimates can often instigate apparently insane... more

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend on Its Preferred Stock

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated announced that the board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its 8.50% Series A Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (Nasdaq: HBANP) of $21.25 per share. The dividend is payable October 17, 2011, to shareholders of record on October 1, 2011.... more

Diamond Offshore Declares Special Cash Dividend of $0.75 Per Share

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO) announced today that the Company has declared a special quarterly cash dividend of $0.75 per share of common stock and a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share of common stock. Both dividends are payable on September 1, 2011 to shareholders of record on August 1, 2011.... more

6 High Yield Financial Services Stocks With Rising Dividends

The Financial Services Sector includes insurance companies, banks, brokerages, mutual funds and other similar companies. Before the 2008-09 financial services meltdown, these stocks were the cornerstone on many income portfolios. The companies were flush with cash, the stocks provided relatively high yields, good dividend growth rates and carried very little perceived risk. Unfortunately, things are not always as they seem. Under the surface banks were making questionable loans, while investment firms were creating and peddling exotic financial instruments. In effect, their CEO's were building houses of cards in a hurricane - it was destined to come tumbling down, and it did. As a result, investors learned some very valuable, but expensive lessons. This should serve as a warning when... more

6 American Small Cap Oil and Gas Equities Currently Yielding Over 7%

A seven percent yield is high in this market, especially when you consider that these equities are dealing in oil and gas, and that higher oil prices or demand tend to be positives for petroleum explorers, drillers and sometimes even refiners (and vice-versa, of course, if petroleum prices go down). Many of these companies have moved up quite a bit over the past two years, so investors should be wary of buying high. Also, several of these stocks stalled through the last few months as these companies thrive on stability within oil price, supply and demand. The following is a list of the six American small-cap oil and gas stocks that currently yield over 8%, listed in alphabetical order: Breitburn Energy Partners L.P. (BBEP) Yield: 8.3% ... more

5 Canadian Oil and Gas Equities Yielding Over 4%

Many believe commodities are presently a good US currency hedge and general investment, even though most have recently undergone considerable price increases. The reasons some believe commodities will increase in cash-value vary, including inflation pressure, supply shortages and growing global demand for most things. One popular commodity choice continues to be petroleum, primarily in oil form, but also natural gas. Beyond commodities, individuals fearing inflationary devaluation to the U.S. dollar have also considered positions in currencies that are more strongly tied to natural resource prices. Examples of such currencies include Australian, Swiss and Canadian currencies, among others. Natural resource investments existing and valued in nations where the currency is also backed by... more

Huntington Bancshares Reports $145.9 Million of Net Income, or $0.16 Per Common Share, for the 2011 Second Quarter, up 15% and 14%, Respectively, from the 2011 First Quarter; Declares $0.04 Per Share Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN; www.huntington.com) reported 2011 second quarter net income of $145.9 million, up $19.5 million, or 15%, from $126.4 million in the 2011 first quarter. Earnings per common share in the current quarter were $0.16, up $0.02 per share, or 14%, from $0.14 per common share in the prior quarter. Net income in the year-ago quarter was $48.8 million, or $0.03 per common share.... more