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Ameriprise offers a Total Yield Stock Play with a Growing Dividend

While income investors constantly seek out stocks with growing dividend yields, they can also benefit from share buybacks.  The share buybacks present an opportunity for investors to get capital gains in addition to current income.  Currently, 80% of S&P 500 companies are buying back shares. Combine this with dividend yield and you can get a …

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More Special Dividends this Week

Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated (PTGI), a leading international wholesale service provider to fixed and mobile network operators worldwide, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a special cash dividend of $8.50 per share on all issued and outstanding PTGi common stock. The special cash dividend will be paid on August 27, 2013 to holders of record of …

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This Lodging Stock is a Stable Growth and Income Play

RLJ Lodging Trust (RLJ) is a self-advised, publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on acquiring premium-branded, focused-service and compact full-service hotels.  The Company’s portfolio consists of 145 hotels in 21 states and theDistrict of Columbia, with a total of more than 21,600 rooms.  RLJ is a great growth and income stock as it is …

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Icahn Enterprises Increases Annual Dividend by 185% – 5.86% Dividend Yield

Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NYSE: IEP) announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner has approved a modification to the Company’s distribution policy to provide for an increase in the annual distribution from $1.40, comprised of $0.40 in cash and $1.00 in depositary units, to $4.00 per depositary unit, payable in either cash or …

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Best Income Stocks for 2013 – Domtar Corporation (UFS)

Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of fiber-based products in North America.  The forestry industry is coming through a painful period marked by low-cost competition from emerging markets and the collapse of the U.S. housing industry.  However, the industry is rebounding as more companies are back on the growth …

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This Healthcare REIT will Grow EPS 20% in 2013

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.’s (NYSE: MPW) continued successful execution of its growth and investment strategies have driven the Company’s strong results.  Since 2010, MPW has made hospital investments totaling more than $1.0 billion with average returns of more than 10%.  MPW has rewarded shareholders with a current dividend yield of 6.81%. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. operates as …

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