New projects set to spur your value

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CHEVRON CORP. $110 remains a buy for investors. The leading integrated oil and gas producer (New York symbol CVX; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $209.0 billion; Dividend yield: 4.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.chevron.com) last raised your quarterly dividend by 6.2% with the March 2019 payment. The new annual rate of $4.76 a share offers you a high 4.3% yield. Due to weak prices for natural gas, Chevron will write down the value of some of its producing properties. It expects those non-cash charges will cut its 2019 fourth quarter earnings by $10 billion to $11 billion. Investors should note that the company plans to maintain its $20 billion on exploration and upgrades (unchanged from 2019). About 84% of that will help develop promising new fields in the Permian basin (Texas) and Tengiz (Kazakhstan). Chevron will earmark the remaining 16% to improve its refineries. Both significant enhance value for investors. investors…