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While Walmart’s (NYSE:WMT) current dividend yield hovers only slightly above the 1.99% average yield of the overall market, the company has adopted a dividend policy of consecutive annual dividend boosts fueled by long-term revenue growth. Four years after initially making its shares available to the public in 1970, Walmart initiated dividend distributions in March 1974. Since declaring that first annual dividend…

The Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), the publicly traded company with the highest current market capitalization, has rewarded its shareholders with nearly a decade and a half of consecutive annual dividend hikes and currently offers a 1.72% dividend yield. The company’s current dividend yield of 1.72% is lower than the 2.5% to 3% minimum yield that income investors generally seek. However, Microsoft’s moderate…

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has a current streak of annual dividend hikes and currently pays a 1.7% dividend yield which, along with a potential share price rebound, could incentivize investors to consider taking a long position or adding additional shares to their existing positions in the company’s stock. Apple initiated dividend distributions back in 1987 and doubled its quarterly payout amount by…

The Intel Corporation’s (NASDAQ:INTC) current 5% quarterly dividend boost is just the most recent step in the company’s long streak of rewarding the company’s shareholders with a steady source of rising dividend income. The current streak of annual dividend hikes stretches back only five consecutive years. However, the reason for such a short consecutive streak is that Intel skipped a dividend…

Date Issued   2/6/2019 Shares Issued   25,200,000      Overallotment Shares  None S&P Rating  BBB-     Moodys Rating   Baa2 Security Ticker Symbol   CMSD Market Traded ON   NYSE Interest Payment Paid on the 1st of March, June, September and December beginning on 06/1/2019 Quarterly Interest   .367   Annual Interest  1.468  Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 3/1/2024 for a redemption price of $25/share plus…