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While its share price declined nearly 60% over the past year, Newell Brands, Inc. (NYSE:NWL) continues to enhance its annual dividend distribution payouts. Investors may consider these moves as a signal to close positions and look for asset appreciation elsewhere or as a buying opportunity to take a position at a discounted price in an equity with rising dividends and potential…

Featured Image Source: Copmany Website After cutting two-thirds of its quarterly dividend payout amid the financial crisis in 2009, Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) resumed bosting its annual earnings distributions and continues that trend with the upcoming quarterly dividend hike of 14.3%. Beside the 2009 quarterly dividend cut, the company paid a flat dividend the following year and then resumed its annual…

Aegon N.V., a Dutch life insurance provider, has rewarded its shareholders with a fifth boost of the company’s annual dividend in the past six years. In addition to the near-perfect record of dividend hikes in the past six years, the company also hiked its annual dividend 14 times in the past 17 years. AEG allows its shareholders to choose whether they…

The selection process for choosing stocks that are best suited for an investor’s portfolio involves extensive research and evaluation of multiple variables but the first decision is usually a choice between investing in dividend stocks or capital-growth stocks. Depending on their overall investing goals, many investors will build their portfolio with a combination of dividend stocks to generate the desired…

The J.M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) is set to boost its quarterly dividend payout 9% in the upcoming distribution, which will also be the company’s 21st consecutive annual dividend hike. In addition to the quarterly dividend hike, J.M. Smucker also offers a 3.1% current dividend yield, which outperforms the company’s own five-year average, as well as the average yields of industry…