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Six Promising Dividend Increases In The News

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:58:00 GMT

Last week S&P 500 had its largest weekly increase since 1974. Most investors are wondering if the bottom is in after the broad US index average bounced off its 11 year lows it had reached a week earlier. It was a week where Bloomberg reported stock dividends disappearing at the fastest rate since 1950s. According to the article the recession and global credit crunch are reducing profits for the fifth straight quarter and leaving less spare cash for quarterly payments to shareholders. Not all companies are conserving cash however; there were several dividend increases which reiterate my opinion that the dividend cuts might not spread to the non-financial sector. South Jersey Industries[More...]

NIKE (NKE), Donaldson (DCI), Hormel (HRL), McCormick (MKC) and Others Increase Dividends

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:18:00 GMT

Dividend investing in the classic implementation focuses on identifying solid companies with a record of growing their dividends each year; and an expectation that it will continue into the future. The focus is not solely on yield but a combination of yield and[More...]

Dow Fails To Extend Winning Streak

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:10:00 GMT

Averages struggled all day trying to extend their winning streak to 3 consecutive days, but the Dow fell flat. Dow was down 5, but NAZ was up 5 with advancers only 5-4 ahead of decliners. On this mild day, telecom was the strong sector today while energy & retailers pulled back. Most stock market indicators remained close to break even for much of the day, ending with only modest changes. The major exceptions were the Dow Jones REIT Index dropping 6½ to 165, REITS find it tough to get any friends these days, & the VIX, dropped 6½ to 54 indicating that a sense of calm is returning. However, at 54, it remains at was once an unimaginable level (early last month). In commodity land, oil pulled back 3½ on all the gloomy news about the world being in a major recession. More grim news on auto sales. The Bloomberg headline (below) says it all, worst month since 1945. GM sales were down 45%, Ford down 30%, etc. For what it's[More...]

Paperstand (TD Ameritrade and E*Trade in talks)

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:10:42 GMT

According to the WSJ, TD Ameritrade Holding (AMTD) and E*Trade Financial (ETFC) are holding merger discussions. A merger of the 2 online brokers would create a dominant player in what has been a highly fragmented industry, with dozens of smaller co’s battling for mkt share. As a result, it could reduce some of the fierce competition that has benefited consumers by driving down the cost of online trading but has squeezed the industry by chipping away at its profit margins. As of the end of June, E*Trade had 4.7m brokerage and banking accounts, TD Ameritrade had 6.3m such accounts. A spokeswoman for E*Trade said the firm's management team has consistently stated it believes there is "tremendous value in consolidation that aligns business strategy and operational synergies and will do what is in the best interest of its customers." A TD Ameritrade spokeswoman said, "We have talked and continue[More...]

South Jersey Gas Receives BPU Approval for Energy Saving Programs

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:48:00 GMT

South Jersey Gas, a subsidiary of South Jersey Industries, has announced that the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, or BPU, has approved a proposal by the company that will create jobs and strengthen the local economy in support of the US government's economic stimulus plan, while also providing customers with new, energy efficiency program incentives that will result in reduced energy bills.
The new energy efficiency programs will allow SJG to earn a return of, and a return on, these investments.
This represents an increase of $0.24 on a residential customer's heating bill of 100 therms or 0.1%, SJG said.

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Six Promising Dividend Increases In The News

NIKE (NKE), Donaldson (DCI), Hormel (HRL), McCormick (MKC) and Others Increase Dividends

Dow Fails To Extend Winning Streak

Paperstand (TD Ameritrade and E*Trade in talks)

South Jersey Gas Receives BPU Approval for Energy Saving Programs

South Jersey Gas Files Request to Reduce Rates By 20%

South Jersey Energy to Supply Power to New Jersey School Districts

SJG to Reduce Rates By 20.2%

SJI Declares Quarterly Dividend

SJI Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

Moody's Upgrades South Jersey Gas' Senior Secured Rating to A2 and Assigns Issuer Rating of Baa1

Moody’s Upgrades South Jersey Gas’ Senior Secured Rating to A2 and Assigns Issuer Rating of Baa1

SJI To Host Second Quarter 2009 Conference Call and Live Webcast

SJG Receives BPU Approval for Energy Efficiency Programs

SJG Files to Reduce Rates By 20.2%

SJI Declares Quarterly Dividend - May 26 2009 9:58AM

SJI Declares Quarterly Dividend

Form 4 CLARK STEPHEN H For: Aug 20 (10K)

Form 4 KINDLICK DAVID A For: Aug 13 (10K)

Form 4 GRAHAM EDWARD J For: Jun 15 (10K)

Form 4 KINDLICK DAVID A For: Jun 11 (10K)

Form 4 KINDLICK DAVID A For: Jun 04 (10K)

Form 3 Merritt-Epps Gina Marie For: Apr 29 (10K)

Form 4 DUBOIS JEFFREY E For: Mar 20 (10K)

Form 4 RENNA MICHAEL J For: Mar 12 (10K)

Form 4 Pennington Sharon M For: Mar 10 (10K)

Form 4 DUBOIS JEFFREY E For: Mar 10 (10K)