It Was Going Well Until It Wasn't -- January 6, 2021

For the archives: all four major indices were surging and setting new intra-day highs until Ted Cruz's supporters stormed the capital / capitol. To say I'm upset is putting it mildly. 

Hmmm..... This headline story first seen over at Yahoo!Finance has now been removed from Yahoo!Finance:

Officially the Santa Claus rally ended yesterday, but it looks like we may need to extend this year's dates for the SCR by a few days. The SCR is tracked here. 

With regard to the market, if one "believes" the pandemic telescoped 2020 - 2035 to 2020 - 2025 the market is not overvalued. And then on top of that, we have, for the first time in a long, long time, a "unified" government.

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Dividends: seven dividend increases expected in January, 2021. SeekingAlpha.

• So far:
• Abbott Laboratories: a massive 25% increase in December, 2020
• ABM: a 2.7% dividend increase
• Mastercard: a 6.7% increase
• PFE: increased dividend by one cent
• Bristol-Myers Squibb: an 8.8% increase
• Eli Lilly: a 14.8% increase
• Huge surprises:
• Darden Restaurants: a 23% increase in its dividend
• Amgen: a 10% dividend increase announced in December
• Campbell Soup: a 6$ increase announced in December
• ENB: a 3.1% increase
• Franklin Resources: a 3.7% increase
• ATT: no increase in dividend announced
• Dividend increases expected in January, 2021:
• Consolidated Edison
• Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• Air Products and Chemicals, Inc
• Intel
• Chevron
• Comcast
• ATT

Dividends are tracked here.