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Berkshire Hathaway profit rises

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported on Saturday that its quarterly operating income rose by 14%, mainly driven by higher prices of stock holdings such as Apple. This led to a higher overall profit. Fourth-quarter operating income rose to $5.02 billion from $4.42 billion a year earlier and net income, reflecting the stock gains, rose 23%…

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Dividend Aristocrat People’s United Financial (PBCT) to be acquired by M&T Bank

M&T Bank Corporation (MTB) and People’s United Financial, Inc. (PBCT) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which M&T will acquire People’s United in an all-stock transaction. The merger is expected to close in 4Q21. Under the agreement terms, People’s United shareholders will receive 0.118 of a share of M&T common stock…

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10 defensive dividend stocks

The Defensive Dividend Aristocrats’ objective is to outperform the Dividend Aristocrats over any five-year rolling time horizon, especially in bear markets. The maximum draw-down (mdd) should be lower, so less volatility than the broader market. The main is to show that next to dividend growth, price-return and risk ratios are also important. The idea of…

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Best Dividend ETF’s

Start investing in dividend stocks can be done for example with a basket of 15+ different individual dividend stocks to accomplish differentiation and risk reduction. Alternatively, you could start with one or more dividend ETF’s and even with little money. The question is what is the best dividend ETF? Five Dividend ETF Analyzed There are…