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Date Issued  10/30/2018 Shares Issued   12,000,000  Overallotment Shares 1,800,000 S&P Rating  BBB-   Moodys  Baa3 Security Ticker Symbol   HIG-G Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of February, May, August and November beginning on 02/15/2019 Quarterly Dividend   .375  Annual Dividend  1.50 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 11/15/2023 for a redemption price of $25/share plus…

Dominion Energy Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:DM), has offered its shareholders a dividend boost every year since initiating dividend distributions in 2015. In addition to its third consecutive annual dividend boost, the company currently offers its shareholders a dividend yield of nearly 8%. Unfortunately, nearly half of that yield is a function of a significant share-price drop in the first half of…

Unlike investors trading non-dividend securities who can focus their research solely on the company’s fundamentals and share price movement, income-seeking investors also must consider the specific dividend dates to find equities that best align with their portfolios’ investment strategies. Because of the dividend distribution structure, trading shares of a dividend-paying security before or after specific dates could result in missed dividend…

Targa Resources Corporation (NYSE:TRGP) -- a midstream energy assets management company -- currently offers its shareholders a 7.1% dividend yield. It has also produced five annual dividend hikes in the past seven years. While boosting its total annual dividend amount five times in seven years is a relatively positive sign, it is worth mentioning that the company’s missed dividend hikes in…

Texas Instruments, Inc. (NASDAQ:TXN) has just rewarded its shareholders with the 15th consecutive annual dividend hike by raising its upcoming quarterly dividend payout by 24.2%. While avoiding dividend cuts in the past two decades, the company only paid a flat $0.085 annual dividend from 1999 to 2003. As Texas Instruments’ (TI) began transitioning its production to more profitable product lines --…