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In the wake of a stellar financial results report for the last quarter of its fiscal year, Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) rewarded its shareholders with an 11.1% quarterly dividend payout hike. The current quarterly dividend marks 10 consecutive years of consecutive dividend boosts. Furthermore, even in 2009, when many companies were forced to cut or eliminate dividend distributions in the…

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) continued its streak of rising dividend payouts and rewarded its investors with a 5.4% quarterly dividend hike for the next round of dividend distributions in the first week of March. Unlike the company’s share price -- which lost some of its value in 2018 but is mounting a strong comeback in 2019 -- BlackRock extended its streak of…

Date Issued  2/27/2019 Shares Issued   9,000,000    Overallotment Shares  1,350,000 S&P Rating   NR    Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol   AGNCM   OTC Temp Ticker  AGNCO Market Traded ON   NASDAQ Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of January, April, July and October beginning on 4/15/2019 Quarterly Dividend   .4297   Annual Dividend   1.719 Dividends will float after 4/15/2024 at a rate of 3 month libor plus…

New preferred stock and baby bond issues are moving forward at a fairly normal pace to continue a pattern I reported a few weeks ago, after enduring turmoil in the income security market during December. Here is a brief review of new income issues that have come to the market in the last 10 days. Consider your own investment goals…

Driven by a recent share price decline and bolstered by the company’s steady stream of rising dividend distributions, Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) currently offers its shareholders a 4.7% dividend yield. This dividend yield level is significantly higher than the average yield of the entire Technology sector, as well as the average yield of Qualcomm’s communication equipment manufacturing peers. In addition to a…