The Dividend Aristocrats series covers all 50 Dividend Aristocrats (1)– stocks with 25+ years of rising dividends in the S&P 500. Cincinnati Financial meets this qualification...
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October 23 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) has a long operating history, and is a giant in the insurance industry.
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October 23 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Ecolab traces its beginnings to 1923, when Merritt J. Osborn invented a new cleaning product called Absorbit. This product was revolutionary for its time.
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October 21 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) is a U.S. steel giant. It is the largest steel producer in the U.S., with annual capacity of more than 27 million tons of steel.
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October 21 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) is an industrial gases firm. It has been in operation for 75 years.
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October 20 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
But what you might not know is that Sherwin-Williams’ history as a company goes all the way back to 1866, when Henry A.
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October 20 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
ExxonMobil is the largest publicly traded oil corporation based on its market cap. You can see detailed analysis of ExxonMobil here.
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October 19 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Standard Oil is quite simply one of the most legendary success stories of American business, and could be viewed as the “founding father” of the U.S. oil industry.
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October 18 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ:ADP) traces its roots all the way back to 1949, when it was started by a 21-year old entrepreneur named Henry Taub.
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October 18 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Eric Ervin is the CEO of Reality Shares. Reality Shares creates research-driven, innovative investment products – including ETFs – to help reduce the effects of market noise...
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October 14 - ETF Trading, News - Comments
The stock outperformed the market for much of the last decade, before struggling in the last few years.
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October 14 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Growing dividend payments every year for 25+ consecutive years takes a strong and durable competitive advantage. That’s likely why the Dividend Aristocrats Index has performed...
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October 12 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
For a business to pay increasing dividends for 25+ consecutive years, it must possess a strong and durable competitive advantage and a shareholder friendly management that emphasizes...
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October 11 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Johnson Controls International PLC (NYSE:JCI) will spin off its automotive seatings and interiors businesses on October 31. The newly formed company will be called Adient and...
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October 11 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Among companies with enviable dividend track records, it’d be fair to suggest that Indiana-based energy holding company Vectren Corporation (NYSE:VVC) is among the most revered...
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October 5 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
The financial markets today are filled with sand traps and water hazards; lower for longer crude oil prices, negative interest rate policies (NIRP), slow economic growth, the ...
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June 29 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
If you are in the U.S., then the Walgreens name – tracing its roots back to 1901 – probably catches your attention.
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June 20 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Yet based on revenue this healthcare company is the 21st largest firm in the U.S.; ahead of names like Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG), Johnson...
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June 14 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Both Sherwin Williams and PPG are Dividend Aristocrats – stocks with 25+ years of consecutive dividend increases. These companies’ long dividend histories make sense given...
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June 10 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
General Dynamics' dividend payments were being collected by 43 of the hedge funds and other investment firms tracked by Insider Monkey as of March 31.
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June 9 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
But all retailers are not created equally… Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) has raised its dividend payments for 44 consecutive years (with a 45th on the way).
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June 8 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) operates general merchandise stores in the United States.
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May 31 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The world is aging. The average global population age is increasing.
Source: The Economist
This means there are more middle-aged and elderly people than ever before. This trend is expected to continue far into the future.
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May 31 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
In that previous article I covered the benefits of monthly dividends and provided the reader with a red/yellow/green recommendation on investment potential and a brief rationale...
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May 28 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
I recently published an article entitled “The Best Monthly Dividend Stocks” where I evaluated 17 C-corporation stocks that pay dividends monthly.
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May 28 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
First, let's see how hedge funds have been trading McDonald's as its shares have risen by 25% over the last year.
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May 24 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The company ranks very highly using The 8 Rules of Dividend Investing.
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May 21 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
I recently published an article entitled “The Best Monthly Dividend Stocks” where I evaluated 17 C-corporation stocks that pay dividends monthly.
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May 21 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
In that previous article I covered the benefits of monthly dividends and provided the reader with a red/yellow/green recommendation on investment potential and a brief rationale...
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May 18 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
That’s when Warren Buffett began building a position in International Business Machines Corp (IBM).
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May 18 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis, Tech - Comments
AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) is one of only 2 insurance stocks in the Dividend Aristocrats Index.
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May 17 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Once I realized the benefits of dividend growth investing from an assortment of blogs, Sure Dividend being one of my favorites, I decided I too would become a dividend growth...
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May 17 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
A handful pay their dividends semi-annually while a there is a larger population of monthly dividend stocks.
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May 12 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Among the smart money investors tracked by Insider Monkey, billionaire Ken Fisher's Fisher Asset Management owns 3.64 million shares of Chevron Corporation as of the end of March...
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May 10 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The ten S&P 500 companies that have increased their dividend payout by the highest average annual rate during the last five years are analyzed in this article.
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May 6 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Archer-Daniels-Midland, one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, is an excellent candidate to be included in diversified large-cap dividend...
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May 6 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The reasoning is simple: dividend stocks with a track record of raising dividends for many years represent strong businesses with wide economic moats, capable management teams...
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April 30 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
There is much more detail to Warren Buffett’s investment philosophy than the quote above provides.
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April 26 - Dividend Stocks, Hedge Funds, News - Comments
Yet for the long-term net buyer, it’s lower prices that can provide the ultimate benefit.
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April 19 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
It doesn’t have that quality aspect of your typical well-known dividend growth company. It’s not like a Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) or PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP).
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April 19 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
When you’re talking about dividend paying companies (and specifically dividend growth), you’re likely to think about the normal host of characters – The Coca-Cola Co's (...
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April 13 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The stock market has compounded wealth (adjusting for inflation) at 6.9% a year over the long run.
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April 11 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
People are living longer than ever before. The average life expectancy is now up to 80 and beyond.
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April 7 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
This is especially important in taxable accounts.
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April 6 - Dividend Stocks, News - Comments
If you haven’t yet read that piece I’d recommending taking a moment to do so.
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March 29 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
The idea of dividend investing, and especially dividend growth investing, makes a lot of sense to me. Naturally there are numerous strategies out there that will work well, ...
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March 24 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Sherwin-Williams’ management has a long history of rewarding shareholders with rising dividend payments. The company has paid increasing dividends for 37 consecutive years.
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March 21 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
Coca-Cola has 30% market share of the global beverage industry. If the company maintains its global market share up to 2020, it will add $90 billion to its market cap based...
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March 21 - Dividend Stocks, News, Stock Analysis - Comments
