I Got a Raise!
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I Got a Raise!


Two raises in fact!  No it wasn't from my employer but rather these raises came from two of my employees.  Both of them have been working hard this past year and decided to shoot me a little bit more cash every quarter.  That's dividend growth investing in action and eventually with more increases and continued investment will allow me to consider early retirement.

Yesterday, Phillip Morris (PM) increased the quarterly dividend by 6.4% from $0.94 to $1.00 per share.  Since I own 62 shares of PM that's an extra $3.75 coming my way every quarter or $15.00 extra every year.  This increase marks the sixth annual dividend increase by PM and the current yield is now 4.75%.

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