From Dividend Growth Investor:
…Some of the best companies to own in 2012 make great acquisitions that I plan to hold for several decades. I mostly sell only when one of these three events occurs. The one prediction I will make is that the following companies will boost their dividends in 2012, as they have previously done for years before.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. The company has raised distributions for 49 years in a row. The 10-year annual dividend growth rate is 13% a year. The last dividend increase was 5.60%, to $0.57 per share. Analysts are expecting…
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