Chasing the Yield

Investing for income through dividends and distributions

  • I froze my credit and you should too

    I froze my credit and you should too

    Charles Schwab is my broker for my non-retirement portfolios and I periodically get emails from them with articles about financial topics. This month they had an article I thought I’d share about freezing your credit because it’s something extremely important in this day and age given all the data breaches in the news. In particular,…

  • Microsoft (MSFT) increases dividend by 9.6%, its 16th consecutive annual increase

    Microsoft (MSFT) increases dividend by 9.6%, its 16th consecutive annual increase

    Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.91 per share, reflecting an 8 cent or 10% increase over the previous quarter’s dividend. The dividend is payable Dec. 11, 2025, to shareholders of record on Nov. 20, 2025. The ex-dividend date will be Nov. 20, 2025. In addition,…

  • New Jersey Resources (NJR) increases dividend by 5.6%, its 30th consecutive annual increase

    New Jersey Resources (NJR) increases dividend by 5.6%, its 30th consecutive annual increase

    The board of directors (the “Board”) of New Jersey Resources Corporation (NYSE: NJR) unanimously approved an increase in the quarterly dividend rate to $0.475 per share from $0.45 per share. The new quarterly rate will be effective with the dividend payable October 1, 2025 to shareowners of record on September 22, 2025. The new annual…

  • Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.2%, its 132nd monthly increase since 1994

    Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.2%, its 132nd monthly increase since 1994

    Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced it has declared an increase in the company’s common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2695 per share from $0.2690 per share. The dividend is payable on October 15, 2025, to stockholders of record as of October 1, 2025. The new monthly dividend…

  • Verizon (VZ) increases dividend by 1.8%, its 19th consecutive annual increase

    Verizon (VZ) increases dividend by 1.8%, its 19th consecutive annual increase

    The Board of Directors at Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 69 cents per outstanding share, an increase of 1.25 cents per share from the previous quarter. The quarterly dividend is payable on November 3, 2025 to Verizon shareholders of record at the close of business on October 10,…

  • Altria (MO) increases dividend by 3.9%, its 56th consecutive annual increase

    Altria (MO) increases dividend by 3.9%, its 56th consecutive annual increase

    Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) today announced that our Board of Directors voted to increase our regular quarterly dividend by 3.9% to $1.06 per share versus the previous rate of $1.02 per share. This increase marks the 60th dividend increase in the past 56 years. The quarterly dividend is payable on October 10, 2025 to shareholders…