5 Dividend Stocks Rewarding Shareholders
0.22%February 09 | MyPlanIQ portfolio symbol P_33230
BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- It's official: According to Howard Silverblatt at Standard & Poor's, the first four months of dividend increases in 2011 have already surpassed total dividend increases for the full year of 2010. In total, the 500 largest firms on Wall Street have increased their payouts by nearly $21 billion so far this year, a massive upswing in the cash that companies are willing to part with for the benefit of their shareholders.
But the dividend hikes that companies are paying out right now are even more significant than that massive $21 billion number suggests.