Blue‑Chip Dividend Digest

Highest-Yielding Dividend Kings

• 🔥 5 Top Picks for Boomers and Retirees: Boomers and retirees are sticking with 5 of the highest-yielding...

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) announced a quarterly dividend of 66 cents per share, highlighting steady income from this energy blue-chip for long-term investors.

• Top yields for retirees: Altria (6.33% yield, 55+ years raises), Kimberly-Clark (5.24%, 53 years), Hormel (5.13%) amid inflation and no rate cuts.
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Defensive blue-chips to hold long-term, no matter volatility:

• Coca-Cola (KO): Consumer staples leader with minimal tariff impact, strong brand moat,...

Tech Dividend Increases

• 🔥 Microsoft: Microsoft raised its quarterly dividend to $0.91, a 10% increase continuing 23 consecutive years of growth...

Murphy Oil Corporation declares $0.35 per share quarterly cash dividend on common stock ($1.40 annualized). Q1 earnings release and call set for early May – strong energy pick for dividend portfolios.

Microsoft's path to Dividend Aristocrat status accelerates with a 10% quarterly hike to $0.91, marking 23 consecutive increases since 2003—just two...

Entergy (ETR) declares steady $0.64 quarterly dividend, payable June 1 to May 1 record holders. Uninterrupted payouts since 1988 make it a utility stalwart for high-yield DRIP strategies.

CRM emerges as tech dividend grower for yield+growth portfolios:

• 5.8% quarterly raise to $0.44/share (annualized $1.76, 1.0% yield)
• Second...

Dividend Stock Recommendations

• 🔥 Realty Income (O): Motley Fool highlights Realty Income as the best for reliable monthly income, with 57 years...

• New monthly series analyzes covered call ETF capital/total returns and dividend changes
• AllStar Tracker monitors 300+ US/Canadian funds: live...

Unmatched reliability: Realty Income has paid monthly dividends for 57 straight years, declaring 669 consecutive payments.

• Proven growth: Raised...

NiSource (NI) shines for income investors in utilities:

• 2.53% yield beats S&P 500's 1.47%, close to industry 2.89%
• 7.1% dividend hike YoY; 6.29%...

Exceptional long-term blue-chip for dividend reinvestors:

• Total return on $1,000 invested in 2016: $25,600 (2,460%) with dividends reinvested.
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Energy Dividend Superstars

• 🔥 Goldman Sachs Bullish Outlook: Goldman Sachs is very bullish on 5 dividend-paying energy superstars, with one...

• Goldman Sachs is very bullish on 5 dividend-paying energy superstars
• One standout raised 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to $17.45-$17.85 billion
• Secured a 20-year binding agreement to supply 900,000 Mcf per day

Dividend ETF showdown: Top 2026 picks include SCHD (dividend strategy), JEPI (monthly income), VIG (dividend growth), HDV (high yield), DGRO...

• Dividends aren't free money: Share price drops on ex-date, countering the fallacy.
• Common pitfalls include ignoring total returns when dividends...

7 dividend stocks set for April 2026 increases, spotlighting giants like Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson.

• Includes 3 Dividend Kings &...

Dividend Increase Announcements

• 🔥 TJX Companies: TJX announced a 13% dividend increase to $0.48 per share, marking the 29th increase in the...