Chasing the Yield

Investing for income through dividends and distributions

  • New Jersey Resources (NJR) increased their dividend by 5.3%, its 31st consecutive annual increase

    New Jersey Resources (NJR) increased their dividend by 5.3%, its 31st 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 $0.50 per share from $0.475 per share. The new quarterly rate will be effective with the dividend payable October 1, 2026, to shareowners of record on September 24, 2026. The new annual…

  • Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.2%, its 136th increase since 1994

    Realty Income (O) increases dividend by 0.2%, its 136th increase since 1994

    Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today declared an increase in its common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2715 per share from $0.2710 per share. The dividend is payable on October 15, 2026, to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2026. The new monthly dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $3.258 per share as…

  • Simply Safe Dividends: What It Costs and Why I Use It

    Simply Safe Dividends: What It Costs and Why I Use It

    I started using Simply Safe Dividends in 2019, when I found it through a newspaper column by Elliott Raphaelson in the Chicago Tribune. His description matched exactly what I was trying to do with my own money at the time. I had spent years with everything sitting in money market accounts, high yield savings, and…

  • What the U.S.-Canada Trade War Means for Canadian Dividend Holdings

    What the U.S.-Canada Trade War Means for Canadian Dividend Holdings

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock you probably heard the trade relationship between the United States and Canada broke down this month. The U.S. imposed a 50% tariff on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods on August 22 and Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Canada will respond with matching tariffs on U.S. goods starting…

  • Altria (MO) increases dividend by 4.7%, its 61st increase over 57 years

    Altria (MO) increases dividend by 4.7%, its 61st increase over 57 years

    Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) (NYSE: MO) today announced that our Board of Directors voted to increase our regular quarterly dividend by 4.7% to $1.11 per share versus the previous rate of $1.06 per share.The quarterly dividend is payable on October 9, 2026 to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2026. The new annualized dividend…

  • Why Dividend Income Investors Sleep Better During Market Crashes

    Why Dividend Income Investors Sleep Better During Market Crashes

    When the stock market falls 30%, the financial media goes into overdrive. Headlines focus on trillions of dollars in lost market value. Television commentators speculate about recession risks and investor sentiment. Brokerage account balances shrink, wiping out years of gains on paper. Investors who depend on capital appreciation measure their progress by rising asset prices.…