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Dividend Growth Stocks Week in Review for November 1, 2014: An Insurer Increases Its Dividend and a Bank Company Pays a 5% Stock Dividend

(Photo courtesy www.homejobsbymom.com/flickr.com.) I’m continuing to post the weekly reviews in this new format. Please let me know if you find this useful. Thanks! This week, the following dividend growth companies announced dividend payments: S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Aflac (Company Summary, Stock Quote) Industry: Insurance Dividend Payment: 39 cents per share (up by 5.4% from 37 cents in the prior quarter) Dividend Paid On: 12/1 Stock Goes Ex-Dividend (own the stock Read more [...]

Dividend Aristocrats Week in Review for October 11, 2014: Two Future Aristocrats Announce Dividends

This week’s activity in dividend growth stocks saw six companies – 2 Dividend Aristocrats and 4 High Yield Dividend Aristocrats – make dividend announcements. A company that produces specialty coatings and sealants and a heavy machinery company that began paying dividends in 1933 are among this week’s dividend growth stocks that announced dividend events this week. Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), which produces heavy machinery for the construction and energy industries, will pay a quarterly Read more [...]