Warning: To get the new 15% rate, you must hold a stock for 61 of the 120 days surrounding the date it goes ex-dividend: that is, starts trading without an upcoming dividend attached.
That General Mills managed such robust dividend payouts without putting upward pressure on the dividend payout ratio (the percentage of profits the dividend represents) and the cash dividend payout ratio (the proportion of free cash flow that goes to dividend payouts) is good evidence that its dividend gravy train is in great shape.
The ex-date is the day on or after which a security is traded without a previously declared dividend or distribution.
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Without the extension of the dividend tax treatment, it says that shareholders could pay as much as 40 cents on every dollar received instead of the current 15 cents.
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With or without the threat of a dividend-tax increase, investors with a dividend-heavy portfolio should consider balancing their approach by adding something as simple as a broad-market index fund, Mr. Dickson says.
No list of French dividend stocks would be complete without mentioning France Telecom SA (FTE).
And even the dividend increase did not come without a hiccup.
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The plan is not without some risk, in as much as the dividend would increase PCCW's indebtedness.
Indeed, without being considered a spendthrift you could both cash the dividend checks and also sell off 1% or 2% of your portfolio every year to help pay the rent.
It has also paid a dividend in 52 of its 54 years as a public company, making Tata an ideal way for a dividend hunter to tap into emerging markets growth without incurring significant risk.
Keenan has set himself two guidelines: The issuer can't take its money out in a cash dividend or add debt senior to BlackRock's, without permission from the bondholders.
Kelley Wright, editor of Investment Quality Trends, is a perennial fan of blue-chip dividend stocks with at least of 10 years of paying dividends without cutting them.
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Real estate is not without risks, to be sure, but there is good reason to expect that this dividend will keep up with inflation.
The BUR force construct had been developed rather hastily, without a guiding national security strategy and in response to the need to achieve a peace dividend.
Without action by the President and Congress, on January 1st the top individual tax rate on dividend income will nearly triple from 15% to 43.4%.
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