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The Dividend Champions Companies
Ned Piplovic | September 12, 2019
Dividend Champions are simply stocks that have boosted their annual dividend income distributions for at least the last 25 consecutive years. While similar to the Dividend Aristocrats, the Dividend Champions list includes more securities as it has no market capitalization requirement. The original market capitalization minimum for inclusion in the Dividend Aristocrats list was $3 billion. In addition to the…

Newtek Offers Shareholders 26% Quarterly Dividend Increase, 10% Dividend Yield (NASDAQ:NEWT)
Ned Piplovic | September 12, 2019
Despite a recovering share price, which suppresses the dividend yield, Newtek Business Services Corporation’s (NASDAQ:NEWT) rising dividend distributions managed to deliver a dividend yield of 10%. As a business development company, which is one type of a regulated investment company (RIC), Newtek must distribute at least 90% of its profits to shareholders to the favorable taxation status. The business development…

5 High Yield Stocks to Buy Now
Ned Piplovic | September 12, 2019
Income investors always search for high yield stocks to add a steady flow of dividend income to their portfolio. However, while rising dividend payouts increase the dividend yield, so do declining share prices. Therefore, investors must consider more than the dividend payouts when choosing in which high dividend stocks to invest. In addition to high yields, the five high yield…
Fifth Third Bancorp 4.95% Series K Preferred Stock
Tim McPartland | September 12, 2019
Date 9/12/2019 Shares Sold 10,000,000 Overallotment Shares None Security Ticker Symbol FITBI OTC Grey Market Ticker FFFKP Market Traded ON NASDAQ Dividend Payment Paid on the last day of March, June, September and December beginning on 12/31/2019 Quarterly Dividend 0.309 Annual Dividend 1.2375 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 09/31/2024 for a redemption price of $25/share…
Bank of America Corporation 5.00% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series LL
Tim McPartland | September 10, 2019
Date Issued 9/10/2019 Shares Issued 52,400,000 Overallotment Shares None Security Ticker Symbol BAC-N OTC Temp Ticker BFALL Market Traded ON NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 17th of March, June, September and December beginning on 12/17/2019 Quarterly Dividend .3125 Annual Dividend 1.25 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 9/17/2024 for a redemption price of…