These Dividend Stocks Just Gave Their Investors a Raise. Here's Why That's a Big Deal. [Yahoo! Finance]
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Tech titan Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently increased its dividend by another 11%. That new rate will cost it about $25 billion annually. It will likely keep the company near the top of the pack among global-dividend payers. Microsoft wasn't the only company that recently gave its investors a raise. Telecom giant Verizon (NYSE: VZ) increased its payment by less than 2%, while leading real estate investment trust (REIT) Realty Income (NYSE: O) provided an even more modest pay bump. While Microsoft's pay raise made headlines due to its size, what's even more important is the consistency with which these companies have raised their payouts (more than a decade apiece). That's because dividend growers have historically delivered the highest-total returns. The data on dividends Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research have analyzed the returns of stocks by their dividend policy going back 50 years. They found that the average-dividend payer has delivered a 9.2% average-annualized tot
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