Featured Articles

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) continued its long track record of annual dividend hikes with a 15.6% payout boost for the first quarter of 2018 and currently offers a 2.4% forward yield, as well a one-year asset appreciation of nearly 30%. The company is just one of the 52 companies that carry the Dividend Aristocrat designation. Only S&P 500 companies with a…

By Tim McPartland It has been 37 months since we built our original Short/Medium Duration Income Portfolio, which was created in anticipation of the time when interest rates would begin to rise. At that time, we expected that higher rates were just around the corner. As income investors, we waited a long time for rising rates to arrive. With the…

ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE:OGS) offers a 2.6% dividend yield and recently announced its annual dividend hike, which was 9.5% for the first quarter of 2018. The company has advanced its annual dividend amount every year since it started dividend distributions four years ago. In addition to the rising dividend, the company rewarded its shareholders with a 9% share price growth…

Oil-Dri Corporation of America (NYSE:ODC) rewarded its shareholders with 16 consecutive years of annual dividend boosts and currently offers a 2.3% yield. In addition to boosting its annual dividend over an extended period, the company grew its share price at nearly 17.5% for a combined total return of almost 20% during the past 12 months. The company’s next ex-dividend date…

Date Issued    1/23/2018 Shares Issued  4,600,000    Overallotment Shares  686,000 S&P Rating   NR   Moodys Rating   NR Security Ticker Symbol   CMRE-E    OTC Temporary Ticker  CTMMF Market Traded ON   NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of January, April, July and October beginning on April 15, 2018 Monthly Dividend   .5455  Annual Dividend   2.219 Securities may be redeemed, at the…