I love to kick off the new trading week by taking a quick peek at companies that have just increased their dividends. A company that's easing up on its pocketbook probably has improving fundamentals to back up that generosity. Readers of Motley Fool Income Investor can certainly appreciate that kind of thinking.
Let's look at four of the companies that inched their payouts higher over the past week, starting with with Eaton Vance
The mutual fund giant boosted its quarterly dividend to $0.155 a share. That's only half a penny more, on a per-share basis, but the move comes during a week in which mutual fund bellwethers such as Franklin Resources
Microchip Technology
Stepan
Finally, Goodrich
Subscribers to Income Investor can appreciate the companies that send 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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