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Income investors generally seek dividend-paying equities that offer increasing dividend payouts every year. The five equities below are scheduled to go ex-dividend on December 14, 2018 and all have declared rising dividend payouts for their upcoming pay dates, which range between December 31, 2018 and January 15, 2019. The featured dividend stocks with rising payouts are:   Merck & Co, Inc.…

The PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) – a electricity distribution utility company – offers its shareholders currently a 5.3% dividend yield, and the company has hiked its annual dividend payout for the past 19 consecutive years. During the growth market over the past couple of years, many investors have divested away from utility stocks into faster-growing technology and financial stocks. However, the recent…

While General Motors’ (NYSE: GM) share price declined more the 30% before hitting the 52-week low in October 2018, the company’s dividend yield of 4% has remained above the average yield of its peers. The company’s recent share price decline left some investors doubting whether the 4% dividend yield is enough to justify investment into the GM’s stock. However, the company’s…

Investors seeking asset appreciation have a greater level of flexibility for buying and selling equities than dividend-seeking investors, who must account for specific dividend dates to maximize their investment returns. Because investors trading non-dividend securities do not have the additional constraint of dividend dates, they can afford to focus on analyzing equity fundamentals, announcements of business initiatives and share price…

Date Issued   11/26/2018 Shares Issued   4,600,000   Overallotment   690,000 S&P Rating  BBB-    Moodys   Baa2 Security Ticker Symbol   BC-B Market Traded ON   NYSE Interest Payment Paid on the 15th January, April, July and October beginning January 15, 2019 Quarterly Interest   .406   Annual Interest   1.625 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 1/15/2024 for a redemption price of $25/share plus accrued…