Sniffing Out The Next Big Payouts

摘要

You're getting a nice, double-digit raise. Not in your paycheck, but your portfolio. Standard & Poor's expects companies in its S&p 500-stock index to pay out almost 14% more in cash this year. More are raising dividends and others are starting them. The likes of Costco Wholesale and Xilinx have boosted the ranks of dividend payers in the S&P 500 this year to 376.