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Welltower, Inc. Offers 15 Consecutive Annual Dividend Hikes, 5.3% Dividend Yield (WELL)
Ned Piplovic | November 2, 2018
Welltower, Inc. (NYSE:WELL) – a health care infrastructure real estate investment trust (REIT) – has provided investors with 15 years of consecutive annual dividend hikes and currently offers a 5.3% yield. Over the past two decades, the company missed only two dividend hikes – in 2002 and 2003. A quick glance at the company’s dividend distribution graph could create the…

Boeing’s Dividend Yield Rises to 2%, Total One-Year Return Exceeds 30% (BA)
Ned Piplovic | November 2, 2018
In a competitive sector with low yields, the Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) has managed to outperform all but one peer with its 2.04% dividend yield and in the process rewarded its shareholders with a total return of more than 30% over the past 12 months. The company has boosted its annual dividend payout amount for the past seven consecutive years, 13 times…

MetLife Offers 4.2% Dividend Yield, Six Annual Dividend Hikes (MET)
Ned Piplovic | November 1, 2018
Insurance giant MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) has hiked its total annual dividend payout for the past six consecutive years and currently offers its shareholders a 4.2% dividend yield. While the company’s dividend payout rose and the current dividend yield outperforms the company’s average, as well as industry averages, a significant portion of the dividend yield increase can be attributed to the…

iShares’ 5 Best Dividend ETFs
Ned Piplovic | November 1, 2018
As the availability of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) increases, income investors have a larger selection from which to choose and always seek the best dividend ETFs for their individual investing strategy. While some investors look across the entire selection of available ETFs, others will develop a preference for a specific family of ETFs offered by a particular brokerage or investment provider…
Gladstone Capital 6.125% Notes due 2023
Tim McPartland | November 1, 2018
Date Issued 11/1/2018 Shares Issued 2,000,000 Over-allotment Shares 300,000 S&P Rating NR Moodys Rating NR Security Ticker Symbol GLADD Market Traded ON NASDAQ Interest Payment Paid on the 1st of February, May, August and November beginning on 2/1/2019 Quarterly Interest .3828 Annual Interest 1.531 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 11/1/2020 at a call…