Dividend checks continue to get fatter in corporate America as more companies jack up their distribution rates.
Readers of the Income Investor newsletter can certainly appreciate that kind of thinking. Let's take a closer look at some of the companies that inched their payouts higher these past few days.
We can start with Microsoft
The world's largest software company increased its quarterly disbursements 15% to $0.23 a share. Fellow Fool Evan Niu points out that this is Microsoft's smallest percentage increase in a couple of years, but there's no denying that Mr. Softy has been trying to please patient long-term investors by returning money their way. The stock is now yielding a respectable 2.9%.
It won't be long before McDonald's
Texas Instruments
Finally, we have Ingredion
Checks and balances
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