Viacom (VIA)(VIA-B) Declares $0.15 Quarterly Dividend; 1.5% Yield
Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA)(NYSE: VIA-B) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share, $0.60 annualized. The dividend will be payable on April 1, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 28, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 26, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.5%.... more
UMH Properties (UMH) Declares $0.18 Quarterly Dividend; 6.8% Yield
UMH Properties, Inc. (AMEX: UMH) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per share, $0.72 annualized. The dividend is payable March 15, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business February 15, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 11, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 6.8%.... more
R.R. Donnelley & Sons (RRD) Approves $0.26 Per Share Quarterly Cash Dividend - Annual Yield 5.90%
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (Nasdaq: RRD) today announced a regular quarterly dividend of 26 cents per common share. The dividend is payable March 1, 2011 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on January 28, 2011.... more
Shaw Communications Inc. (SJR) Posts Mixed Q1 Results; Increases Dividend 5% to C$0.92 Annually
Shaw Communications Inc. (NYSE: SJR) reports Q4 EPS of C$0.04, versus C$0.26 reported for the same period a year ago. Revenue for the quarter was C$1.08 billion, compared to C$905.93 million in Q409. The company increased their dividend to C$0.92 on an annual basis.... more
Adams Express (ADX) Declares $0.05 Quarterly Dividend; 1.8% Yield
The Adams Express Company (NYSE: ADX) declared a dividend of $0.05 per share, $0.20 annualized. The dividend is payable March 1, 2011, to stockholders of record February 11, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 9, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.8%.... more
Petroleum & Resources (PEO) Approves $0.10 Per Share Dividend
Petroleum & Resources Corporation (NYSE: PEO) declared a dividend of $0.10 per share, payable March 1, 2011, to stockholders of record February 11, 2011, consisting of $0.03 of investment income, $0.01 short-term capital gain, and $0.05 long-term capital gain, all realized in 2010, and $0.01 investment income realized in 2011.... more
The Dow Dogs Are Back!
With all the interest in dividend stocks lately, investors have looked for all sorts of clues to figure out which stocks are likely to perform best. But rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, Fools might want to dust off some old-fashioned investing strategies from past periods when dividends were considered equally important. After all, what's worked before can often work again -- especially when conditions are similar. The Dogs of the Dow strategy relies heavily on dividends. Once seen as a way to consistently beat the market, the method fell out of favor when it started producing mixed results. But with the recent resurgence of interest in dividends, the Dogs of the Dow strategy may have its day once again.... more
Southern Co. (SO) Declares $0.455 Quarterly Dividend; 4.8% Yield
Southern Company (NYSE: SO) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.455 per common share, $1.82 annualized. The dividend is payable March 5, 2011 to shareholders of record February 7, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 5, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 4.8%.... more
Colgate (CL) Declares $0.53 Quarterly Dividend; 2.7% Yield
Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) announced Thursday that its Board of Directors has declared a quarter cash dividend of $0.53 per common share, $2.12 annualized. The dividend is payable on February 15, 2011, to shareholders of record on January 25, 2011. The yield is 2.7%.... more
Which Dividend Harvest CEFs Have a Real Return of Capital?
Sometimes it takes a swift kick in the pants to remind investors the price they are paying for an investment. Take for example two popular Closed-End funds (CEFs) from the Alpine family of funds, the Global Dynamic Dividend fund (AGD) and the Total Dynamic Dividend fund (AOD). Both of these funds are known as dividend harvest or dividend capture funds and if you go to Alpine’s website you will read all about their strategies to scan the globe looking for dividend and growth opportunities. Essentially, these funds attempt to harvest multiple dividend periods by overweighting dividend yielding global stocks ahead of their ex-dividend dates and then rotating assets to overweight other or alternating dividend yielding global stocks ahead of their ex-dividend dates. The end result is a... more