High-Yield Diversified REITs - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields

Here is a table of 8 high-yield diversified real estate investment trusts (REITs) stocks sorted by dividend yield with the highest yield first. More...

High-Yield Office and Industrial REITs - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields

Here is a table of eight high-yield office and industrial real estate investment trusts (REITs) stocks sorted by dividend yield with the highest yield first. More...

High-Yield Residential REITs - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields

Here is a table of seven high-yield health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) stocks sorted by dividend yield with the highest yield first. More...

Hershey Raises Dividend Over Seven Percent

Hershey (HSY), a candy maker (Almond Joy, Hershey’s, Hershey's Kisses, Kit Kat, Mounds, Reese's and more), raised its quarterly dividend from $0.2975 per share to $0.32 per share, a 7.56 percent increase. More...

High-Yield Health Care REITs - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields

Here is a table of 10 high-yield health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) stocks sorted by dividend yield with the highest yield first. More...

Colgate-Palmolive Raises Dividend 20 Percent

Colgate-Palmolive (CL), a personal products company known for its toothpaste, raised its quarterly dividend from $0.44 per share to $0.53 per share, a 20.45 percent increase. More...

High-Yield Natural Gas Utilities - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields

Here is a table of 11 natural gas utility stocks sorted by dividend yield with the highest yield first. More...

High-Yield Diversified Utilities - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields

Here is a table of 15 diversified (electric and natural gas) utility stocks sorted by dividend yield with the highest yield first. More...

High-Yield Stock: HCP Increases Quarterly Dividend - Yield Exceeds Six Percent

HCP (HCP), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in healthcare real estate, raised its quarterly dividend from $0.46 per share to $0.465 per share. More...

High-Yield Oil and Gas Pipeline Partnerships - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields

Here is a table of 20 high-yield oil and gas pipeline partnership stocks sorted by dividend yield with the highest yield first. More...

High-Yield Electric Utilities - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields

Here is a table of 19 high-yield electric utility stocks sorted by dividend yield with the highest yield first. More...

20 Highest Yielding Dividend Achievers - Current Dividends and Dividend Yields

The Dividend Achievers50™ Index, a subset of the Broad Dividend Achievers™ Index, includes the top 50 highest yielding dividend paying Dividend Achievers. A Dividend Achiever is a company that has increased its dividend each year for at least 10 consecutive years. See the top 20 stocks by yield. More...

SJW Corp. Raises Dividend for 43th Consecutive Year

SJW Corp. (SJW), a water services utility serving customers in California and Texas, raised its quarterly dividend from $0.165 per share to $0.17 per share. More...

High Yield Stock: Inergy, L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Exceeds Seven Percent

Inergy, L.P. (NRGY), a master limited partnerships that markets, sells and distributes propane and operates a natural gas storage business, raised its quarterly distribution from $0.675 per unit to $0.685 per unit. More...

High Yield Stock: Holly Energy Partners L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Over Seven Percent

Holly Energy Partners L.P. (HEP), a natural gas and oil transportation, storage, terminalling, and marketing company, raised its quarterly distribution from $0.795 per unit to $0.805 per unit. More...

Is Buy-and-Hold Investing Dead? Not Necessarily

So what's the verdict on buy-and-hold investing? Does it lead to profits or losses? For a long-term bull market such as the period from 1982 through 2000, buy-and-hold makes sense. During a prolonged upside most stocks and broad averages are headed up, so almost all investments are winners. More...

Dividend Aristocrats Portfolio Builder

Build your own customized portfolio of S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats using the buyupside.com Dividend Aristocrats Portfolio Builder. These 43 stocks are premier dividend-paying stocks that have increased their annual dividends for at least 25 consecutive years More...

Preferred Stocks and Preferred Income Funds Offer High Yields

A preferred stock trades like a stock but offers income like a bond. Preferreds are attractive because their yields are usually higher than corporate bonds of similar credit ratings. See 10 closed-end funds with high yields. More...

Dividend Aristocrats: Cintas Raises Dividend for 27th Consecutive Year

Cintas (CTAS), a diverse business services company, raised its annual dividend from $0.47 per share to $0.48 per share, a 2.13 percent increase. More...

High Yield Stock: Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. Increases Quarterly Distribution - Yield Over Six Percent

Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. (SXL), a natural gas and oil transportation, storage, terminalling, and marketing company, raised its quarterly distribution from $1.035 per unit to $1.09 per unit. More...