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Two regional utilities continue to reward their shareholders with continued dividend hikes, yields in the 3.5% to 4% range and long-term asset appreciation. These two companies have tripled their respective annual dividend distribution amounts over the last 15 years and currently pay an annual dividend of approximately $1.50 per share. One of the stocks goes ex-dividend on May 23 and…

Two companies that have been paying a divided for more than 75 years, have rewarded their shareholders with more than four decades of consecutive annual dividend hikes and yields of 3% or more. Additionally, these two companies have been complementing the growing dividend income with a steady and stable asset appreciation for decades, increasing 67% and 77% just over the…

Two companies in the service sector have rewarded their shareholders with almost two decades of rising dividends and yields of more than 3%. While share prices of these two stocks struggled in the past 12 months, both stocks showed robust growth over the last decade. The combination of that long-term growth and the consistent record of rising dividends makes both…

Blood in the streets creates opportunity OR does it?  Maybe or maybe not.  Maybe a bull trap instead. It has been a rough week or two for many income issues out there.  Fortunately preferred stocks and baby bonds held rock steady with the average share moving just a nickel over the course of the last week. On the other hand…

A large consumer goods corporation and a specialty chemicals company boosted their quarterly dividends 5% to continue a long record of annual dividend hikes and rewarded their shareholders with double-digit percentage increases to their share prices over the past 12 months. Neither company has lowered its annual dividend in the past two decades. But they both have averaged annual compounded…