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LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE:LTC) continues to grow its annual dividend payouts after nearly a decade of consecutive annual hikes and currently offers its investors a 6.1% dividend yield. The company’s share price has declined 20% over the past nine months. However, the rising dividend and the above-average yield, as well as abundant liquidity to manage current obligations and invest into…

Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) boasts an impressive history of more than 90 years with dividend distributions, including a recent streak of a dozen consecutive dividend boosts. However, investors who prefer not to wait until the company’s next quarterly dividend payout in May 2017 can take advantage of the company’s junior debt note that will pay its next dividend in…

The recent market volatility has sent many investors seeking to diversify their portfolios away from equities and into alternative sectors. One of those alternative sectors is precious metals and it offers many options. Most investors will go the usual route and increase their position in physical gold bullion, invest in a gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) or take a position in…

The Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) continues to reward its shareholders with a steady dividend income distribution, which currently offers a 2.6% yield. While the share price has declined 26% over the past 12 months, some long-term investors might view the company’s steady dividend distribution, its low dividend payout ratio and its recent oil discovery announcement as sufficient indicators that this current…

Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) has only failed to boost its annual dividend once since it started its dividend distributions in 2007 and it currently offers a 6.2% yield. The company’s share price had a strong uptrend going for the first half of the trailing 12 months but gave back all the gains and currently is trading below the price…