10 Stocks With Rising Dividends From Franklin Templeton's Rising Dividends Fund

Recent Wall Street Journal article reported that while many other actively managed mutual funds are losing assets to exchanged traded funds (ETFs), some mutual funds are taking in billions of new money. Among the four funds the article singled out, Franklin Rising Dividends fund (FRDAX) is one of them. It currently has about $5 billion asset under management. The fund has been managed by Donald Taylor since 1996. The fund normally invests in companies that have paid consistently rising dividends. One of the main criteria is that these companies have increased their dividend rate in the last four consecutive years. This fund thus falls into the so called dividend appreciation category, compared with the other category (dividend hogs) that emphasizes on actual dividend sizes. Based on the... more

Tompkins Financial Corporation Increases Cash Dividend

Tompkins Financial Corporation (TMP - NYSE Amex) - Tompkins Financial Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors approved payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.36 per share, payable on August 15, 2011, to common shareholders of record on August 5, 2011. The current dividend represents a 5.9% increase over the $0.34 cash dividend paid in the second quarter of 2011.... more

Plaintree Systems Inc Releases Fiscal 2011 Results and Declaration of Dividend on Class A Preferred Shares

Fiscal 2011 Results
Plaintree announced today that it has released its audited financial statements and related management discussion and analysis for the year ended March 31, 2011.... more

4 Dividend Stocks Safer Than U.S. Treasuries

Over the past few weeks, financial markets have gotten concerned about the possibility that the U.S. congress would not raise the debt ceiling on U.S. government debt. The implications range from credit downgrades on U.S. Treasuries to de facto default by the U.S. government if it chooses to delay payment of Social Security Benefits.Currently, U.S. Treasuries are rated AAA, and are regarded as the safest investment instrument in the world. As a result, institutions and foreign governments hold trillions of dollars of this highly liquid and safe investment. The high budget deficits as well as the high level of U.S. government debt however, have some experts doubting whether the status quo of U.S. Treasuries as “safe investments” will change.So if investors doubt the safety of an... more

High Yield Mid-Cap Energy Utilities: Recent Performance and Dividend Growth, Part 1

Due to the government regulated pricing and distribution of energy utilities, they are considered generally reliable and predicable businesses, though issues such as the recent renewed concern over nuclear power can occur. The regulated nature of their businesses tends to make utility dividends reasonably secure, though this security means that the dividends are unlikely to grow at a rapid pace. Utilities are also generally far less volatile than the market... more

High Yield Mid-Cap Energy Utilities: Recent Performance and Dividend Growth, Part 2

Due to the government regulated pricing and distribution of energy utilities, they are considered generally reliable and predicable businesses, though issues such as the recent renewed concern over nuclear power can occur. The regulated nature of their businesses tends to make utility dividends reasonably secure, though this security means that the dividends are unlikely to grow at a rapid pace. Utilities are also generally far less volatile than the market... more

Morgan Stanley Declares A Regular Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a $0.05 quarterly dividend per common share. The dividend is payable on August 15, 2011 to common shareholders of record on July 29, 2011.... more

PFD and PFO Announce Increased Regular Monthly Dividends

The Boards of Directors of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Incorporated (NYSE: PFD) and Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Incorporated (NYSE: PFO) today approved new regular monthly dividend amounts to be paid in August.... more

FFC and FLC Announce Increased Regular Monthly Dividends

The Boards of Directors of Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Preferred Securities Income Fund Incorporated (NYSE: FFC) and Flaherty & Crumrine/Claymore Total Return Fund Incorporated (NYSE: FLC) today approved new regular monthly dividend amounts to be paid in August.... more

Realty Income Declares 493rd Consecutive Common Stock Monthly Dividend

Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income), The Monthly Dividend Company®, (NYSE: O), today announced that its Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.144875 per share, payable on August 15, 2011 to shareholders of record as of August 1, 2011. The dividend represents an annualized amount of $1.7385 per share.... more