I love to kick off the new trading week by peeking at companies that have just hiked their dividends. It's not just about the money. A company that is easing up on its pocketbook probably has improving fundamentals to back up that generosity.
Readers of the Income Investor newsletter can certainly appreciate that kind of thinking. Let's take a closer look at four companies that inched their payouts higher over the past week.
Let's start by jamming with Johnson & Johnson
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Cedar Fair
Finally we have Southern's
Subscribers to the Income Investor newsletter learn a lot about companies that send more and more money to their investors. The newsletter singles out companies that are committed to growing their distributions with market-thumping results.
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