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Pentair plc (NYSE:PNR) increased its current streak of uninterrupted annual dividend hikes to 42 consecutive years and offers its shareholders a 2% dividend yield. While investors generally consider a 2% dividend yield below average and unattractive when seeking elevated levels of short-term cash income, Pentair’s strength is in providing reliable dividend income supported by steady asset appreciation over the long…

It appears obvious that we finally have a period of interest rates hikes or, at minimum, interest rates that are going to creep higher because of the “run-off” on the Fed balance sheet lessening demand for income securities. While the average preferred stock and baby bond share price has moved lower by nearly 50 cents in the last 1-2 months,…

Our favorite little real estate investment trust (REIT), Independence Realty Trust (NYSE:IRT), continued to tumble in price with the rest of the REIT sector by falling as low as $9.46/share on Friday. Independence Realty Trust is a smallish apartment REIT that has traded between $9.00 and $10.52 over the course of the last year while yielding in the 6.75% to…

The Saul Centers REIT pays a 3.5% current yield and has hiked its annual dividend for five consecutive years. The company’s most recent dividend hike was almost 7%. While the company’s dividend performed well over the past five years, the share price rose only 36% over the same period and fell almost 11% over the past 12 months. However, some…

Caterpillar, Inc. extended its record of raising annual dividend payouts to 24 consecutive years and offers a 2.0% yield, which is significantly higher than the average yield of the company’s industry peers. Known for consistently delivering reliable dividend income, the company went through an 18-month period where the share price fell 40% between mid-2014 and the end of 2015, but…