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14 April 2026 I Cincinnati, OH The board of directors of The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.089 per common share, an increase of approximately 3% from the previous quarterly dividend of $1.057. Payment of the dividend is expected in May 2026. For calendar year 2026, this marks the fifteenth dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All fifteen changes were increases. The simple average dividend increase is 5.00% compared with 2025 levels. Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past
14 April 2026 I New Brunswick, NJ The board of directors of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.34 per common share, an increase of approximately 3.1% from the previous quarterly dividend of $1.30. Payment of the dividend is expected in June 2026. For calendar year 2026, this marks the fourteenth dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All fourteen changes were increases. The simple average dividend increase is 5.15% compared with 2025 levels. Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12
Global markets are adjusting to a changing environment shaped by geopolitical conflict, higher energy costs, and tightening credit conditions. Credit spreads widened during the first quarter as well. Both factors helped contribute to some downward pressure on our WCA Barometer and a modest reduction in equity exposure in tactical portfolios. These developments are occurring against a broader backdrop of transition away from the zero-interest-rate world toward a higher cost-of-capital environment. Our tactical positioning is updated as market leadership shifts, risks change, and as tactical discipline becomes more important. We continue to emphasize diversification, flexibility, and disciplined portfolio positioning as conditions
The investment industry often frames success as beating the S&P 500 or one of its style indices such as Value or Growth. However, most financial advisors and their clients are not trying to beat an index; they are trying to grow their wealth, generate income, and avoid large losses. Those are very different objectives, and they require a different way of thinking about benchmarks and portfolio construction. It has been our experience that most advisors and investors we work with ask for a seemingly simple thing which is to “make money and try not to lose it.” Somehow, this simple
It is now all about earnings. Surging capital spending has been the main driver of profit expectations and the stock market. Despite all the worry about oil, Iran, stagflation, and AI Disruption, the forward view of earnings is still strong and the S&P 500 trades at a higher than average multiple of expected earnings. Since earnings growth has driven about two-thirds of the gain in the S&P 500 post 2019 and almost all of the gain since the end of 2024, what happens over the upcoming earnings season should be of utmost importance (see Chart A). Expectations are high as
12 March 2026 I New York, NY The board of directors of Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.53 per common share, an increase of approximately 1.9% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. Payment of the dividend is expected in May 2026. For calendar year 2026, this marks the thirteenth dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All thirteen changes were increases. The simple average dividend increase is 5.31% compared with 2025 levels. Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12 months, increased,
24 February 2026 I Atlanta, GA The board of directors of The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $2.33 per common share, an increase of approximately 1.3% from the previous quarterly dividend of $2.30. Payment of the dividend is expected in March 2026. For calendar year 2026, this marks the twelfth dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All twelve changes were increases. The simple average dividend increase is 5.6% compared with 2025 levels. Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12 months,
19 February 2026 I Atlanta, GA The board of directors of the Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.53 per common share, an increase of approximately 4% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.51. Payment of the dividend is expected in April 2026. For calendar year 2026, this marks the eleventh dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All eleven changes were increases. The simple average dividend increase is 6% compared with 2025 levels. Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12 months,
18 February 2026 I New York, NY The board of directors of Moody’s (NYSE: MCO) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.03 per common share, an increase of approximately 9.6% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.94. Payment of the dividend is expected in March 2026. For calendar year 2026, this marks the tenth dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All ten changes were increases. The average dividend increase is 6.19% compared with 2025 levels. Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12 months, increased, decreased,
11 February 2026 I San Jose, CA The board of directors of Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.42 per common share, an increase of approximately 2.4% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. Payment of the dividend is expected in April 2026. For calendar year 2026, this marks the ninth dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All nine changes were increases. The average dividend increase is 5.82% compared with 2025 levels. Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12 months,
11 February 2026 I Brentwood, TN The board of directors of Tractor Supply Co (NASDAQ: TSCO) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.24 per common share, an increase of approximately 4.3% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. Payment of the dividend is expected in March 2026. For calendar year 2026, this marks the eighth dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All eight changes were increases. The average dividend increase is 6.25% compared with 2025 levels. Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12 months, increased,
3 February 2026 I Purchase, NY The board of directors of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.48 per common share, an increase of approximately 4% from the previous quarterly dividend of $1.42. Payment of the dividend is expected in June 2026. For calendar year 2026, this marks the seventh dividend increase for the Washington Crossing Advisors Rising Dividend portfolio. All seven changes were increases. The average dividend increase is 6.53% compared with 2025 levels. Please contact your financial advisor for a complete list of all portfolio holdings that have, in the past 12 months, increased, decreased,
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