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These 5 Companies Pay Regular “Special Dividend” Bonuses. Seriously.

By: Contrarian Outlook

November 17, 2023 at 05:00 AM EST

Quarterly dividends. Getting paid every 90 days . Ninety . Who wants to wait that long? That’s life as a vanilla income investor. These poor folks (literally!) have no idea about “special dividend” stocks. These are companies that pay each shareholder hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars a year more than expected. The payments often come around the holidays. Think of them as year-end bonuses. Beats a subscription to the jelly-of-the-month club! These special dividends can make a big retirement difference. I’m talking about a 1.3% “headline yield” that actually adds up to 6%, and a 4% print that really totals 11% per year.… Read more