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 this past week.
We can start with Monsanto
The agrichemical giant is boosting its quarterly distributions by 25% to $0.375 a share. It's not the only way that Monsanto is returning money to its investors. Back in June, Monsanto introduced a $1 billion share repurchase program that will take place over three years.
Silver Wheaton
Leggett & Platt
Finally, we have CME Group
Checks and balances
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