Memorial Day weekend is coming to an end…

The market may be closed today, but we have another week of stock market investing ahead. So let’s get ready!

Today’s topics:

1. New Dividend Raises This Week

2. Top 15 Dividend Increases This Month

3. Earnings Season is Ending!

🚀 Dividend Raises This Week

A high yield chemical stock, LYB, just raised it’s dividend. After concerns around dividend safety, is this 9.67% dividend yield a buy?

Plus, an iconic fashion brand and defense contractor raised by over 10% each. (RL, NOC)

Here’s the full list:

• LYB - LyondellBasell raises dividend by 2.2% to $1.37

• ALRS - Alerus Financial increases dividend by ~5% to $0.21

• LII - Lennox raises dividend by 13%

• TY - Tri-Continental raises dividend by 4.8%

• RL - Ralph Lauren raises dividend by 10.6% to $0.9125

• NOC - Northrop Grumman raises quarterly dividend by 12.1% to $2.31/share

• FLO - Flowers Foods raises dividend by 3.1% to $0.2475

• BCML - Bay Commercial Bank increases dividend by ~33% to $0.20

• NIC - Nicolet Bankshares raises quarterly dividend by 14.3% to $0.32/share

• LOGI - Logitech raises dividend

• PRT - PermRock Royalty Trust raises dividend by 28%

• MARPS - Marine Petroleum Trust raises dividend by 44%

• DMA - Destra Multi-Alternative Fund raises dividend by 13.8%

• SITB - Scotia Canadian Bond Index Tracker ETF raises dividend by 4.5%

• DSM - BNY Mellon strategic Municipal bond fund raises monthly dividend by 27.8% to $0.023/share

• LEO - BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals raises monthly dividend by 21.1% to $0.023 /share

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The Key Story

🔥 15 Dividend Hikes You Don’t Want to Miss

I just dropped a new breakdown — “15 Dividend Increases You NEED To Know” — walking through each raise, the story behind it, and whether I’m buying. Catch the full rundown 👇

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Why these raises matter

• Compound faster: Dividend growth, not yield alone, drives long-term total return.

• Signal strength: Boards don’t hike payouts unless cash flows support it.

• Fresh watch-list ammo: Several names below were new to me — and a few shot straight onto my radar.

Get my analysis on each stock above with charts, in the full video.

Earnings News

⏰ Key Earnings Releases This Week

Although most companies this season have already reported earnings we still have some very important stocks this week.

That includes Nvidia, Salesforce, and Costco. Nvidia is likely the most important in shaping the trading direction of the entire market.

👉 See the full calendar (and all 100+ reports) on EarningsHub — complete with live estimates and instant results.

📅 Keep Investing. Stay informed.

– Zach
Founder, Dividend Data

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