Optical Cable Corp. (OCC) Declares $0.02 Quarterly Dividend; 1.9% Yield + MORE

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I’ve gotta say, I never could have imagined how well this would be turning out to be. Since starting to do monthly updates about my passive income project, my revenues have been increasing steadily almost every single month. Part of it is expected as investments continue to compound and I reinvest all income…

Procter & Gamble (PG) is increasing its quarterly dividend by 7.0%, from $0.562 to $0.6015 per share, putting the company on track for its 57th consecutive year of dividend growth (press release). Given that I own 50 shares of PG, my quarterly dividend increases from $28.10 to $30.08, which will add an extra $7…

Last month I pulled the trigger on a well known U.S company that you just might have heard of, that is unless you were raised by wolves in the mountains. Coca Cola is probably the most recognized product on the planet and it all started as a brain tonic back in 1886.

Coca Cola may seem like a no-brainer investment, but to be honest, it wasn’t an easy choice for me…

In trading on Monday, shares of American Capital Agency Corp (NASD: AGNC) crossed below their last reported book value — defined as common shareholder equity per share — of $31.64, changing hands as low as $31.06 per share. American Capital Agency Corp shares are currently trading off about 2.1% on the day…

This week, I’m hosting the blogging Carnival of Retirement. Here are several good reads on finance and investing.
If you operate a blog, you can submit articles for future carnivals at the submission page on Blogger Carnivals.
Michael Kitces @ Nerd’s Eye View writes Harvesting Losses Or Harvesting Gains – Planning Around Four Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Rates – Traditional tax planning for portfolios has been relatively straightforward – defer taxes on gains as long as possible, and harvest capital losses to further maximize the benefit…

History repeats itself, or at least it rhymes. Just as happened a year ago, I seem to have been writing lots of theoretical articles lately. It’s time to switch gears, set theory aside for a while, and just come up with some dividend growth company names and ticker symbols for consideration. My simple starting point is one I used last year at about this time: Dividend Champions whose yield is 50%

I wasn’t that much busy at work today, but I arrived very early because I was expecting to deal with a difficult task, but the difficult task wasn’t so difficult after all. I had read up the news during my break. I was quite shock to see what I see: the TSX lost 300 points. OH NO! I always have a bit of sadness while going through a crash like that…