After the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was formally established in 1999, it received an endowment estimated at more than $22 billion in early 2000, ranking as the largest philanthropic trust in the United States.
The five-year average dividend yield for various real estate investment trusts is amongst the lowest for manufactured homes at 2.6%, SP Global reported. Manufactured homes cost only two-thirds the rate of existing site-built homes and less than half the cost of new site-built homes, per Deloitte.
Thomas Suozzi is the U.S. Representative (D) for New York's 3rd District. Suozzi is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, which is the chief tax-writing committee that has jurisdiction over taxation, tariffs and other revenue-raising measures.
The government of Argentina created a technology company that aims to boost the medical cannabis and industrial hemp industry. The technology-based public company, the ‘Cannabis Conicet’, will operate under the direction of leading scientific researchers at the Arturo Jauretche Nat
When firms increase their dividends, it is typically a positive sign that they are generating excess cash flows that can be distributed to shareholders.
Additionally, investing in a firm with consecutive dividend hikes, is a sign that the company has strong fundamentals.
“This is worrying," tweeted Robin Brooks, chief economist at the Institute of International Finance, a global trade group composed of the 400 most important banks and financial institutions around the globe.
With the SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA: SPY) down roughly 22.5% year-to-date, investors may want to turn to blue chip dividend kings. These stocks typically lose less of their value than other stocks in the S&P 500 and increase dividends for 50 consecutive years.