Not every company is slashing its dividend these days. Some of the market's better performers are easing up on their purse strings and sending more money out to their shareholders.
Readers of the Income Investor newsletter can certainly appreciate that kind of thinking. Let's take a closer look at four of the companies that inched their payouts higher this past quarter.
Let's start with Lazard
Despite plunging profits in the face of lower oil prices, Chevron
Kaydon
Finally, we have Harleysville Group
Some of these moves may not seem like much, but consider these less savory moves: Avery Dennison
The Income Investor newsletter singles out companies that are committed to growing their distributions with market-thumping results.
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