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Kimberly-Clark Pays 3.3% Dividend Yield, Continues Annual Dividend Boosts (KMB)
Ned Piplovic | November 30, 2017
The Kimberly-Clark Corporation pays a 3.3% current dividend yield and has boosted its annual dividend amount every year since 1972. While the share price is only marginally higher than it was 12 months ago, the price has been rising notably over the last three weeks. That ascent indicates a potential end of the recent three-month downtrend. Kimberly-Clark is one of…

Automatic Data Processing Hikes Quarterly Dividend 10% (ADP)
Ned Piplovic | November 30, 2017
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. continued its decades-long record of consecutive dividend boosts with a double-digit percentage hike to supplement its 2.3% yield. The company rewarded its shareholders with more than four decades of consecutive annual dividend hikes. As one of the S&P 500 companies, with such a record of consecutive dividend hikes and a market capitalization in excess of $3…
JMP Group 7.25% Senior Notes due 2027
Tim McPartland | November 29, 2017
Date Issued 11/21/2017 Shares Issued 2,000,000 Overallotment Shares 300,000 S&P Rating NR Moodys Rating NR Security Ticker Symbol JMPD Market Traded ON NYSE Interest Payment Paid on the 15th of January, April, July and October beginning on 2/15/2018 Quarterly Interest .453 Annual Interest 1.813 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 11/28/2020 for a redemption price…

Easterly Government Properties Boosts Quarterly Dividend 4%, Pays 4.9% Yield (DEA)
Ned Piplovic | November 28, 2017
The Easterly Government Properties currently pays a 4.9% dividend yield and has boosted its dividend 4% compared to the previous period. The current quarterly dividend boost is the second hike this year and the trust has been averaging a nearly double-digit-percentage boosts per quarter over the past two years. In addition to the strong dividend payout growth, the company has…
Two Harbors Investment Corp., 7.25% Series C Fixed-to-Floating Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
Tim McPartland | November 28, 2017
Date Issued 11/16/2017 Shares Issued 11,000,000 Overallotment Shares 1,650,000 S&P Rating NR Moodys Rating NR Security Ticker Symbol TWO-C OTC Grey Market TWHHP Market Traded ON NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 27th of January, April, July and October beginning on 1/27/2018 Quarterly Dividend .453 Annual Dividend 1.813 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 01/27/2025 the…