ITW News and Press, Illinois Tool Works Inc. From 07/15/20

GLENVIEW, Ill., July 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) will issue its second quarter 2020 results on Friday, July 31, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. CDT. Following the release, ITW will hold its second quarter earnings webcast at 9:00 a.m. CDT. To access the webcast fo...

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Another month is in the books. You know what that means... another step towards financial freedom. In general, June was a pretty laid back month for me in terms of portfolio management. I suppose this is a good thing because I've been very busy with work on various projects, so I'm happy tha...

Part 1 of this article presented the top 50 holdings of 47 dividend-paying ETFs. To rank these holdings, I use a proportional scoring system that favors larger investments and larger ETFs. The top-ranked stocks in June 2020 are Apple ( AAPL ), followed by Microsoft ( MSFT ), Verizon Com...

Introduction The Dividend Champions list is a monthly compilation of companies which have consistently increased their annual dividend payouts, and the latest edition may be found here . However, since this list is only produced once per month, the data in it can quickly get out of date. Fu...