Laser-Focused On Dividends -- SLB Raises Quarterly Dividend By 10 Percent -- January 18, 2024

Locator: 46587DIV.

Ford: biggest investing story today. Throwing in the towel.

Link here.

SLB. Link here. SLB raises dividend. From the blog January 10, 2024:

• dividends: 
• a fair number of publicly traded energy companies are ready to announce an increase in their next quarterly dividend based on their history of dividend announcements
• EPD was the first (though its dividend tends to change every quarter)
• big ones to watch: CVX; COP

Personal investing:

• bought today: MRVL, ORCL
• sold today: BA, TSLA
• bucket list: added MRVL, removed CVX (had been a short term special situation)

Bucket list for new money:

 

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