Whether it's through stocks, bonds, ETFs, or other types of securities, all investors love seeing their portfolios score big returns. However, when you're an income investor, your primary focus is generating consistent cash flow from each of your liquid investments.Cash flow can come from bond interest, interest from other types of investments, and of course, dividends. A dividend is the distribution of a company's earnings paid out to shareholders; it's often viewed by its dividend yield, a metric that mea ...

Wall Street started 2024 on a high, with major indexes hitting all-time highs as a steep decline in inflation by the end of last year raised hopes that the Federal Reserve would soon initiate rate cuts. However, the hopes have faded drastically over the past couple of weeks as inflation rose above 3% in the first two months of the year.The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.4% month over month in February after rising 0.3% in January. Year over year, CPI rose 3.2% in February, higher than January’s jump of 3 ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) today increased the quarterly common stock cash dividend to $0.50 per share, up from $0.48 per share. The increase will be effective in the second quarter, 2024. The Board declared that the second quarter dividend is to be paid on May 15, 2024 to shareholders of record as of April 22, 2024. On an annualized basis, the new dividend rate is $2.00 versus $1.92 per share previously. The Company has paid uninterrupted divide ...

Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference March 13, 2024 12:00 PM ET Company Participants John Hazlin - President, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Stan Sutula - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Peter Grom - UBS Peter Grom Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. Welcome to the UBS Global Consumer Retail Conference here in New York City. My name is Peter Grom, I'm the U.S. Beverages and Household Products analyst here at UBS. And we are very excited to have joining us today ...

IRVINE, Calif., March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ZO® Skin Health, a premium clinical dermatological skincare brand distributed globally through physicians and skincare professionals, today announced the appointment of Justin Skala as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Skala brings more than 35 years of leadership experience growing high efficacy products through the professional channel, including driving the expansion of the personal care category over his tenure at Colgate-Palmolive, Inc. (NYSE: CL). He succeeds ...

With its expected announcement in March, Colgate-Palmolive will begin its 7th decade of dividend growth. Justin SullivanThis is the latest in my series of articles where I provide predictions of annual dividend increases for long-term dividend growth companies. In the middle of February, I provided predictions for 10 dividend growth companies that have historically announced annual payout increases in the second half of February. In this article, I’ll look at another 10 dividend growth companies that I ex ...

When investors try to project their investment horizons, a long-term deal may only be up to five years; anything longer than that becomes wishful thinking to expect to know what could happen in such a broad period. Today, you will learn why there are hacks to figure out the best investments to hold in the next decade that are poised to keep rising and give you dependable dividend income growth. Today, you will focus on the three areas indispensable to the everyday consumer, sectors, and businesses that are ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) President, Hill’s Pet Nutrition, John Hazlin and Chief Financial Officer, Stan Sutula, will participate in a fireside chat at the UBS Global Consumer and Retail Conference on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. ET. Investors may access a live webcast of this fireside chat on Colgate’s website at www.colgatepalmolive.com. For those unable to participate during the live webcast, a recorded version of the webcast will be made available through the ‘In ...

Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) Presents at Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference February 23, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Noel Wallace - Chairman, President and CEO Diana Schildhouse - Chief Analytics & Insights Officer Conference Call Participants Bryan Spillane - Bank of America Dara Mohsenian - Morgan Stanley Chris Carey - Wells Fargo Andrea Teixeira - JPMorgan Peter Grom - UBS Unidentified Company Representative So, with that, joining us today from Colgate, our Chairman and CEO, No ...

Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) Presents at Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference February 23, 2024 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Noel Wallace - Chairman, President and CEO Diana Schildhouse - Chief Analytics & Insights Officer Conference Call Participants Bryan Spillane - Bank of America Dara Mohsenian - Morgan Stanley Chris Carey - Wells Fargo Andrea Teixeira - JPMorgan Peter Grom - UBS Unidentified Company Representative So, with that, joining us today from Colgate, our Chairman and CEO, No ...