Hartford Financial Services Group Now #291 Largest Company, Surpassing AmerisourceBergen + MORE

Some of my readers often ask themselves what are the highest yielding stocks at the market. When they read articles about the highest dividend paying shares they noticed Pitney Bowes, who is also a S&P 500 member, or Annaly Capital Management. Both have a double-digit yield at a higher market capitalization and investors of the early round have made their first money with these stocks…

Unilever PLC (UL) operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This international dividend achiever has paid dividends since 1937, and has increased dividends for 14 years in a row.

The company’s last dividend increase was in June 2012 when the Board of Directors approved an 8% increase in the quarterly distribution to 24…

Spring is almost upon us and that makes me think of Japan every single time, I truly hope i can get back there in the near future… anyway, no more time to be nostalgic, here are some great readings for this weekend, have a great one:)
General Readings
-Diamonds are bullshit @ Priceonomics
-There are 2 federal budgets, one is growing, one is shrinking @ TheAtlantic
-True cost of the Iraw war @ TheBigPicture
Passive Income/Dividend Readings
-Technical analysis, is it good or bad? @ TheDividendGuyBlog
-Are these high yields sustainable @ DividendGrowthInvestor
Tech Stock Readings
-Still a believer in eBay (EBAY) @ SeekingAlpha
-Samsung to launch a competing product to iWatch? @ TechCrunch
-Nexus 5 to have Nikon camera? @ TechCrunch
-Google is eating the internet @ Philpearlman

Unilever PLC (UL) operates as a fast-moving consumer goods company in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. This international dividend achiever has paid dividends since 1937, and has increased dividends for 14 years in a row.

The company’s last dividend increase was in June 2012 when the Board of Directors approved an 8% increase in the quarterly distribution to 24…

1. TripAdvisor…Significant Upside Potential? @ IS.
2. G. Willi Rises @ Barel Karsan.
3. Unilever (UL) Dividend Stock Analysis @ DGI.
4. Beware the Dividend Growth Stock Bubble @ DGSI.
5. Bank of Nova Scotia – Dividend Fact Sheet @ Dividend Engineering.
6. Abbvie Inc. (ABBV) Dividend Stock Analysis @ DGS…

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: HIG) has taken over the #291 spot from AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE: ABC), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating »

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