Cash Dividend On The Way From Newcastle Investment's Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock + MORE

On 6/11/13, Newcastle Investment Corp’s 8.05% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (NYSE: NCT.PRC) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.5031, payable on 7/31/13. As a percentage of NCT.PRC’s recent share price of $25.53, this dividend works out to approximately 1.97%, so look for shares of NCT…

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PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) manufactures, markets, and sells various foods, snacks, and carbonated and non-carbonated beverages worldwide. The company operates in four divisions: PepsiCo Americas Foods (PAF), PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB), PepsiCo Europe, and PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA). The company is a dividend aristocrat which has increased distributions for 41 years in a row…

Time to check out the dividend links:
1. Dividend Stock Analysis – Suncor Energy (SU) @ The Passive Income Earner.
2. Dividend Income Update – May 2013 @ Dividend Mantra.
3. How to Buy Your First Rental Property @ Studenomics.
4. Dividend Income Update – May 2013 @ Retire by 40…

PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) manufactures, markets, and sells various foods, snacks, and carbonated and non-carbonated beverages worldwide. The company operates in four divisions: PepsiCo Americas Foods (PAF), PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB), PepsiCo Europe, and PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA). The company is a dividend aristocrat which has increased distributions for 41 years in a row…

Everyone loves owning dividend stocks. They may not drive your investment strategy, but you sure don’t mind getting paid just to own a company. The important thing to remember with dividends is that they mean more the longer you hold them, thanks to the most powerful force in the universe: compound interest…

Man oh man, no matter how involved or not involved the White House is in all of this… it really looks bad. After Bengazi, the IRS and the spying on AP, now we seem to learn that the NSA is working with tech companies and phone carriers to spy on all citizens? Is the government out of control? Here are some readings that you will hopefully find interesting:)
General Readings
-Should we trust economists? @ TheAtlantic
-Is the NSA spying on all of us? @ WashingtonPost
Passive Income/Dividend Readings
-Top Canadian dividend stocks @ TheDividendGuyBlog
-Coca-Cola (KO) dividend stock analysis @ Dividend-Growth-Stocks
-Pepsi (PEP) to buy Sodastream? @ Reuters
Tech Stock Readings
-The power of Amazon (AMZN)…