With interest rates around the world dipping into negative territory and U.S. Treasury rates at all-time lows, stock dividends may be the best alternative for investors being choked by lower fixed-income yields. In the past seven days, seven companies have upped their appeal to dividend investors by officially raising their payouts:
- 7/7/16- Paychex, Inc. PAYX 0.26% raised its dividend 10 percent to $0.46.
- 7/7/16- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. EPD 0.78% raised its quarterly dividend 5.3 percent to $0.40.
- 7/7/16- PNC Financial Services Group Inc PNC 0.04% raised its quarterly dividend 8 percent to $0.55.
- 7/13/16- Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc WBA 0.33% raised its quarterly dividend 4.2 percent to $0.375.
- 7/13/16- Lakeland Financial Corporation LKFN 0.32% raised its quarterly dividend 14% to $0.28.
- 7/13/16- Home Federal Bancorp Inc of Louisiana HFBL 1% raised its quarterly dividend 12.5 percent to $0.09.
- 7/13/16- J M Smucker Co SJM 0.01% raised its quarterly dividend 12 percent to $0.75.
In addition to the dividend hikes mentioned above, most of the big banks that submitted CCAR plans were approved…
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