I love to kick off the new trading week by looking at companies that have just raised their dividends. A company that's easing up on its pocketbook probably has improving fundamentals to back up that generosity.
Readers of the Income Investor newsletter service can appreciate that kind of thinking. Let's take a closer look at four of the companies that inched their payouts higher over the past week.
Let's start by toiling the soil with Medtronic
Darden Restaurants
General Mills
General Mills has paid uninterrupted dividends for 109 years. Rival Kellogg
Finally, we have Best Buy
Subscribers to Income Investor can appreciate the companies sending more and more money to their investors. The newsletter service singles out companies that are committed to growing their distributions with market-thumping results.
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