Value Investing News

After a slow week for dividend increases last week, eleven companies with strong balance sheets showed enough confidence in their ability to generate sufficient cash flows to substantiate dividend raises. Despite the tough economic conditions the USA is experiencing, these companies still managed to defy the odds and increase their cash dividends.

A significant portion of the historical equity returns are a result of reinvested dividends. Performance in any given year is driven by capital appreciation, but long-term returns are largely the result of reinvested dividends.Here are 7 companies that gave their shareholders higher cash dividends:

OKE has now retreated to around $26 a share. I think OKE looks like a great value and a fairly safe dividend yield of 5.8%.