Topic: How To Invest

Dividend Advisor Hotline – Friday, September 28, 2018

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MICROSOFT CORP., $114.37, Nasdaq symbol MSFT, is the world’s largest software company. Its Windows operating system powers about 90% of the world’s personal computers. Microsoft will raise its quarterly dividend by 9.5% with the December 2018 payment, to $0.46 a share from $0.42. The new annual rate of $1.84 yields 1.6%. The company has paid regular dividends since 2004, and has increased the annual rate each year since 2010. Including this latest increase, Microsoft’s dividend has grown an average of 10.4% annually over the last five years. Its TSI Dividend Sustainability Rating is Highest. OUR RECOMMENDATION: Microsoft is a buy. Microsoft recent coverage June 2018 issue Hotline for June 15, 2018 PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP., $43.89, Toronto symbol PPL, owns pipelines that carry almost all of B.C.’s oil and half of Alberta’s conventional oil. Its network also transports 30% of Western Canada’s natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company owns extensive facilities to extract, process and store NGLs; it also operates natural gas-processing plants. Starting with June 2018 payment,…