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Wall Street Is Having a Dividend Party
Over the past few years, corporate America has generated trillions of dollars in excess cash and parked that money in the bank (or, at the very least, Treasury bonds and other cash equivalents). Companies ranging from technology giants to conglomerates have hoarded their liquidity, terrified of a repeat of the Great Recession of 2008.
Lately, it seems like every Board of Directors on Wall Street has finally decided to finally release some of the coins that have been piling up in the treasury. How are they doing it? By announcing large dividend increases. Johnson & Johnson announced its 50th consecutive annual dividend increase, bumping the payout to investors by 7%. ExxonMobil recently announced a staggering quarterly dividend increase of 21%, making for a rich payday if you happen to hold a considerable amount of the oil and natural gas giant’s shares. Chevron announced an 11% rise in its dividend. IBM raised its quarterly dividend by 13%. The list goes on and on … it is a dividend party and stockholders who were buying during the crash that reached a bottom in March of 2009 are reaping the benefits.
If your focus is on passive income with a specialty in dividend stocks, the first four months of the year have been off to a great start.
Wall Street Is Having a Dividend Party originally appeared on About.com Investing for Beginners on Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 04:37:31.
Dividend Stock Leaders for the Week of May 7-11 (DIS, CHK, JPM, more)
Here are some of the biggest dividend stock winners and losers from the week that just ended.
| Symbol | Company | Fri. Close | Weekly % Change |
Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSN | Tyson Foods | $ 19.58 | +8.54% | 0.82% |
| DDS | Dillard’s | $ 70.43 | +7.36% | 0.28% |
| DIS | The Walt Disney Company | $ 45.56 | +6.13% | 1.32% |
| BID | Sotheby’s | $ 33.16 | -10.26% | 0.97% |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts | $ 112.90 | -11.38% | 1.77% |
| JPM | JP Morgan Chase | $ 36.96 | -11.47% | 3.25% |
| PBI | Pitney Bowes | $ 14.93 | -12.69% | 10.05% |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems | $ 16.51 | -13.65% | 1.94% |
| CHK | Chesapeake Energy | $ 14.81 | -14.84% | 2.36% |
| MELI | MercadoLibre | $ 76.31 | -17.82% | 0.42% |
| QSII | Quality Systems | $ 30.03 | -18.82% | 2.33% |
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Congress Might Increase the Dividend Tax from 15% to 43.4%
You read that correctly. It is possible that you might have to part with a staggering 43.4% of your personal dividend income beginning on 2013 because Congress continues to spend money it doesn’t have to pay for services the American people don’t want. This is one of the reasons that, as we discussed a few minutes ago, Wall Street is having a dividend party. Companies are distributing cash while they can. The whole thing is asinine. Who would risk a recovery by allowing one of the biggest tax increases in American history to happen?
To learn more about how the math works, and how big your bill might be, read Dividend Tax Rates Might Increase from 15% to 43.4% on January 1st, 2013.
Congress Might Increase the Dividend Tax from 15% to 43.4% originally appeared on About.com Investing for Beginners on Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 05:27:25.
The Dividend Rich Investor: Building Wealth with High-Quality, Dividend-Paying Stocks
The Dividend Rich Investor: Building Wealth with High-Quality, Dividend-Paying Stocks
Standard & Poor’s official word on dividend-rich investing–now completely updated with 1997 data. This invaluable resource distills Standard & Poor’s successful dividend investment philosophy into a user-friendly guide for the individual investor. the authors, both editors of Standard & Poor’s high-rated investment newsletter, The Outlook, tell readers why dividends are a vital part of the investment equation, what to look for in a dividend-paying stock, which stocks are the dividend leaders, a
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Reynolds American Boosts Dividend; Now Yields 5.8% (RAI)
Tobacco giant Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI) late Thursday said its board of directors approved a 5.4% raise to its quarterly dividend payout.
The Winston-Salem, NC-based company declared a new dividend of 59 cents per share, up from a prior payout of 56 cents. The latest dividend will be paid on July 2, 2012, to shareholders of record as of June 11, 2012. The ex-dividend date is June 7, 2012.
Reynolds American shares closed slightly lower in Thursday trading.
The Bottom Line
Shares of Reynolds American (RAI) have a 5.82% dividend yield, based on the higher dividend payout and today’s closing stock price of $ 40.54. The stock has technical support in the $ 38 price area. The shares are trading just off all-time highs.
Reynolds American, Inc. (RAI) is not recommended at this time, holding a Dividend.com DARS™ Rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars.
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