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Entergy Texas Inc. 5.375% Series A Preferred Stock, Cumulative, No Par Value
Tim McPartland | September 1, 2019
Date Issued 9/3/2019 Shares Issued 1,400,000 Overallotment Shares 0 Security Ticker Symbol ETI- OTC Grey Market ETREP Market Traded ON NYSE Dividend Payment Paid on the 15th of January, April, July and October beginning on 1/15/2020 Quarterly Dividend .3125 Annual Dividend 1.25 Securities may be redeemed, at the issuers option, as early as 10/15/2024 for a redemption price…

What is Dividend Income: 7 Things You Need to Know
Ned Piplovic | August 29, 2019
While even the most inexperienced investors understand the basic concept of investing for asset appreciation, many are not sure how dividends work, why companies pay dividends or what are advantages of investing in dividend income stocks. The points about dividend income investing basics below might seem elementary to experienced investors. However, new investors, and especially novices to dividend income investing,…

5 Best Vanguard Dividend Funds
Ned Piplovic | August 29, 2019
Investing a portion of a portfolio across several funds from the same provider, such as the best Vanguard dividend funds, can offer investors protection from market fluctuations and deliver long-term returns. The five best Vanguard dividend funds on the list below offer a combination of high dividend income and steady capital gains and produce robust total returns. Additionally, all of…

Flowers Foods Rewards Shareholders with 3.4% Dividend Yield (NYSE:FLO)
Ned Piplovic | August 22, 2019
Despite some share price fluctuations over the past several years, Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) supplemented its record of steadily rising dividend distributions with long-term asset appreciation to deliver robust total returns to its shareholders. Since undergoing a reorganization and a name change in 2001, Flower Foods has increased its share price more than 15-fold, as well as enhanced its total…

Dover Corporation: King of Dividend Kings Boosts Annual Dividend 64th Consecutive Time (NYSE:DOV)
Ned Piplovic | August 22, 2019
When the Dover Corporation (NYSE:DOV) began its current streak of consecutive annual dividend hikes in August 1956, Dwight Eisenhower was the President of the United States running for his second term, Bob Barker had not made his television debut and Elvis Presley had not appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show yet. However, the Dover Corporation managed to maintain its streak…