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Dividend Aristocrats with a good ESG-score

Sustainable investing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies are even with the COVID-19 around a topic for investors to take into consideration. Globally, the percentage of both retail and institutional investors that apply environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles to at least a quarter of their portfolios jumped from 48 percent in 2017…

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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway buys stakes in Japan’s five largest trading companies

Multi-billionaire Warren Buffett and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has taken stakes in Japan’s five largest trading houses, with a total value of more than $ 6.25 billion. These trading companies are: Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, and Sumitomo. Berkshire Hathaway now owns more than 5% of each of those trading houses. The holdings were built up…

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Exxon removed from Dow Jones Industrial Average

The S&P Dow Jones Indices announced major changes for the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday, August 31st at the same time as Apple’s four-for-one stock split takes effect. On the 30-stock, price-weighted Dow Average, three-component changes will take place. Dividend Aristocrat Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), and Raytheon (RTX) to be replaced by Salesforce…

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Dividend Aristocrat Target (TGT) reports excellent Q2 figures

Dividend Aristocrat and Dividend King Target Corporation (TGT) reported $3.38 EPS for the second quarter, way above the consensus estimate of $1.62. The retailer’s revenue (Revenue: $23 billion, vs. $20.09 billion expected) also beat forecasts, with comparable-store sales up 24.3%. Target’s digital sales nearly tripled compared to a year earlier. Target’s dividend yield is around…