Carlisle (CSL) Declares $0.17 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield

Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE: CSL) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.17 per share, $0.68 annualized. The dividend is payable on December 1, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 15, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 11, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2%.... more

JMP Group (JMP) Declares $0.015 Quarterly Dividend; 0.9% Yield

JMP Group Inc. (NYSE: JMP) has declared a dividend of $0.015 per share, $0.06 annualized. The dividend is to be paid on Friday, December 3, 2010 to common stockholders of record as of Friday, November 19, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 17, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.9%.... more

UnitedHealth (UNH) Declares $0.125 Quarterly Dividend; 1.4% Yield

UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) declares a quarterly dividend of $0.125 per Common share, $0.50 annualized. The dividend will be paid on December 21, 2010, to all shareholders of as of December 7, 2010. The ex-dividend date is December 3, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.4%.... more

Argo Group Int'l (AGII) Declares $0.12 Quarterly Dividend; 1.4% Yield

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AGII) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per Common share, $0.48 annualized. The dividend will be paid on Wednesday, December 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.4%.... more

TECO Energy (TE) Declare $0.205 Quarterly Dividend; 4.7% Yield

TECO Energy, Inc. (TE) declared a dividend of $0.205 per share, $0.82 annualized. The dividend is payable November 26, 2010, to shareholders of record as of November 15, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 11, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.7%.... more

Boise Inc. (BZ) Posts Q3 adj.-EPS of $0.44, Tops Views; Declares $0.40 Special Dividend

Boise Inc. (NYSE: BZ) reports Q3 EPS of $0.44, 13 cents better than the consensus of $0.31. Revenue for the quarter came in at $554.1 million, compared to the consensus of $559.86 million. Boise also declared a special cash dividend of $0.40 per common share, payable December 3, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 17, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 15, 2010.... more

Aaron's (AAN) Increases Quarterly Dividend 8.3% to $0.012; Yields 0.3%

Aaron's, Inc. (NYSE: AAN) declares a quarterly dividend of $0.013 per share, $0.052 annualized. The dividend is a 8.3% increase over the previous rate of $0.012. The dividend is payable January 4, 2011 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 0.3%.... more

Dividend Payers Trumping Non-Payers Through October

Given the roller coaster the market has been on over the course of the past four or so months, it has been an environment that favors higher quality companies. It is the higher quality companies that exhibit strong cash flow and/or dividend payments that tend to hold up better in down market environments.Through October, the average return of the dividend payers in the S&P 500 Index are outperforming the non-payers, 9.73% versus 7.83%, respectively. The payers are also outperforming the weighted S&P 500 Index return of 6.11% on a year to date basis.... more

Is Buy and Hold Dividend Investing Dead?

Back in late 2008 and 2009 many investors were asking themselves whether it was worth it to be invested in the market. Business journalists and hedge fund managers were using this to question whether buy and hold was still relevant today. Now that the market has increased significantly since hitting its March 2009 lows, many investors are realizing that buy and hold still works. The difficult part of buy and hold investing is sitting through declines in the stock market, while being fully invested. Another problem with buy hold is that investors could start believing the hype that it would have been possible to “time the market" and exit at the right time, right after the market hit its highs, and thus become market timers. Many such investors are still in cash, thus missing most of the... more

Wynn Resorts (WYNN) Posts In-Line Q3 EPS of $0.39; Declares $8/Share Special Dividend

Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq: WYNN) reports Q3 EPS of $0.39, even with the analyst estimate of $0.39. Revenue for the quarter was $1.0 billion, which compares to the estimate of $990.83 million. The company also declared a special cash dividend of $8 per common share. The dividend is payable on Dec. 7 to shareholders of record on Nov. 23. The ex-dividend date is Nov. 19.... more