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American Electric Power Company Offers Long-Term Share Price Growth and Rising Dividend Income (AEP)
Ned Piplovic | August 2, 2018
Featured Image Source: Company Earnings Release Presentation Q2 2018 The American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NYSE: AEP), a public utility holding company based out of Columbus, Ohio, has grown its share price almost three-fold in the last decade, and has paid a rising dividend for the past eight years, Over the last five decades, AEP has a fairly solid record of paying…

BP Resumes Dividend Growth with a 2.5% Quarterly Dividend Hike (BP)
Ned Piplovic | August 2, 2018
After 12 consecutive quarters of flat dividend distributions, BP plc (NYSE: BP) returned to hiking its quarterly dividend payout with a 2.5% hike for the upcoming dividend distribution in late September 2018. The company has raised it total annual dividend amount for five consecutive years after a significant dividend reduction in 2010. However, the company did cut its quarterly dividend from…

WEC Energy Group Pays Rising Dividends for 14 Successive Years (WEC)
Ned Piplovic | August 1, 2018
In the aftermath of a nearly 50% dividend cut in 2000 and two and a half years of flat quarterly payouts, WEC Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE: WEC) has made an impressive recovery, having paid a rising dividend over the past 14 consecutive years. At current share price levels, WEC Energy yields 3.3% and pays a dividend that is more than five…

Exelon Corporation Offers Double-Digit Percentage Total Returns Over Last 12 Months (EXC)
Ned Piplovic | August 1, 2018
The Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) continues advancing its annual dividendpayouts in support of the company’s asset appreciation, which combined for double-digit-percentage total returns over the past year. Following a 41% quarterly dividend cut in the second quarter of 2013 and flat dividend distributions over the 12 subsequent quarters, the company has resumed boosting its annual dividends over the past three years.…
Global Partners LP 9.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares
Tim McPartland | July 31, 2018
Date Sold 7/31/2018 Shares Issued 2,400,000 Overallotment Shares 360,000 S&P Rating NR Moodys Rating NR Security Ticker Symbol GLP OTC Grey Market GLPRU Market Traded ON NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of February, May, August and November beginning on 11/15/2018 Quarterly Dividend .6094 Annual Dividend 2.43 Securities may be redeemed, at…