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The Clorox Company (NYSE:CLX) continues rewarding its shareholders with rising dividends after more than four decades and currently offers a 2.3% dividend yield. Additionally, the company managed to complement its long-term rising dividends with asset appreciation that saw the company’s share price nearly double over the past five years and rise almost 20% over the past 12 months. With a…

The Alpine Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE:AOD) rewarded its shareholders with asset appreciation of more than 20% over the past 12 months and a 7.2% dividend yield. The fund lowered its annual  distribution amount gradually each year from $4.68 in 2007 to $0.70 in 2013 and then continued to pay relatively steady annual dividends in the $0.68 to $0.70 range…

While the Foot Locker (NYSE:FL) may have been suffering losses because of e-commerce competition like most its peers in the retail sector, but continuously rising dividend distributions and a recent share price uptrend could make this stock a good for investors seeking some short-term capital gains and steady income flow. Despite the company’s seventh consecutive year of raising dividends, the…

The Gabelli Utility Trust (NYSE:GUT) is currently offering an 8.4% dividend yield and has had a total return of more than 20% over the past 12 months. While the trust reduced its annual dividend slightly for 2011 -- only the second dividend cut since its inception in 1999 -- it has paid a consistent annual distribution over the past seven…

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR) has distributed more $1.3 billion in dividends since its inception in 2008 and currently offers an 8.9% dividend yield. In addition to the high dividend yield, which is distributed monthly, the real estate investment trust (REIT) rewarded its shareholders with double-digit percentage asset appreciation over the past year and a total return of almost 30%…