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Dividend Stocks That Are Holding Up in Downturn

5 hours ago ago from Master Achievement

What's up with the winter storms?  We are running out of places to put the snow until it melts as a second snow storm hits the east coast.  Now, the rest of the story.   With the market correction, you expect most stocks to take a decline along with the broad markets.  However, there are some dividend stocks that have outperformed the S&P during this pullback.  The S&P 500 is down 3.6% through January.   The U.S. dollar ...

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Are AT&T and Verizon the Best Dividend Stocks in the Dow?

23 hours ago ago from eDividendStocks

When researching potential dividend stocks looking at solid blue-chip stocks is always a good bet. Many investors tend to focus only on stocks included in the Dow Jones Industrial average. This is not necessarily a bad strategy since the Dow includes some of the finest companies in America. 29 of the 30 stocks in the Dow also pay dividends. However, selecting the top dividend stocks is not as easy as just selecting the highest yielding ...

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Demerits of Stable Dividend Policy

7 hours ago ago from Articles - Business, Finance, Health, Technology, Astrology, Fashion

Some of the limitations of stable dividend policy are as follows: (1) Inflexible: Once a company adopts a stable dividend policy, it cannot be changed easily. If any change like lowering of dividend rate due to depression in the market, it will adversely affect the credit standing of the company and also attitude of the investors towards the company. If a company, with a pattern of stable dividends, misses dividend payment in a ...

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Monthly Dividend Stocks

13 hours ago ago from Finance and Insurance

Monthly dividend stocks are stocks that pay a dividend every month of the year. If you are already a dividend  investor, you know that most dividend paying stocks pay their investors every three months, or quarterly, so these monthly dividend stocks may be new to you. There are also stocks that pay annual dividends. The first main characteristic of monthly dividend stocks is that while they are traded as individual stocks on regular ...

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Dividend Stock: United Technologies Ratchets Up Its Dividend

3 hours ago ago from Dividend Stock Blog

United Technologies Boost Its Quarterly Dividend About: (United Technologies (NYSE: UTX), Otis elevators, Sikorsky helicopters, Dividend Genius, dividend stock, dividend stocks, stock dividend, stock dividends) After raising its dividend for 14 consecutive through 2008, industrial conglomerate United Technologies (NYSE: UTX) took a year off from dividend hikes in 2009. That's not surprising given the weak economy, and at least ...

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S&P Ratings cuts outlook on Citigroup

3 hours ago ago from U.S. News

S&P Ratings cuts outlook on Citigroup NEW YORK (AP) -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Tuesday cut its outlook on Citigroup Inc. to "negative" from "stable," saying the U.S. government appears increasingly likely to leave bond holders hanging in case of another bailout of financial companies. The negative outlook signals the possibility of a future downgrade. However, S&P affirmed Citigroup's investment-grade counterparty credit and ...

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Owens & Minor to split stock, increase dividend

19 hours ago ago from U.S. News

Owens & Minor to split stock, increase dividend RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- - Owens & Minor Inc., a medical and surgical supply company, on Monday announced a stock split and said its board approved an increase in its quarterly dividend. The company said it will distribute an additional share for every two shares held, effectively splitting its stock three shares for two. Shareholders will receive cash instead of fractional shares. The stock ...

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Existing users please login User Name: Password: Remember me on this computer Home / Markets / Industries / Health Care Monday, February 08, 2010 S&P May Downgrade Air Products On Airgas Bid   By Wallace Witkowski MarketWatch Pulse   SAN FRANCISCO ...

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23 hours ago ago from FOX Business

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