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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CNP) – a domestic energy delivery company – offers its shareholders a 4% dividend yield after boosting its dividend payout every year for more than a decade. Unfortunately and unlike the company’s steady and reliable dividend income distribution, the company’s share price struggled in the first half of the trailing twelve months. However, the share price stopped the decline…

In a tough mining sector that has been declining for more than a decade, SunCoke Energy Partners LP (NYSE:SXCP) currently offers investors a best-in-class dividend yield of 11.3%. Unfortunately, while the dividend yield paints a positive picture, the company has been facing some headwinds recently. Despite having the highest dividend yield among its peers, the current yield is actually more than 15%…

Fidelity's 5 best dividend ETFs (exchange-traded funds) should interest all investors. Professional and institutional investors can afford the time and resources to perform their own analysis in search of Fidelity's five best dividend ETFs or even the top ones among other providers but part-time investors may prefer a shortcut. This analysis selects Fidelity's 5 best dividend ETFs right now. A focus…

Dividend yield is the most commonly used measurement that income-seeking investors use to gauge the level of potential dividend income when evaluating investment options. The formula to calculate the dividend yield is not very complex. It is a simple ratio of the total annual dividend distribution amount per share and the equity’s share price. This ratio is multiplied by 100…

While even the most inexperienced investors understand the basic concept of investing for asset appreciation, many are not sure how dividends work, why companies pay dividends or what are advantages of investing in dividend-paying securities. As a primer for novices and as a refresher for more experienced investors, below is a list of seven basic things that every investor needs…