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According to Standard & Poor’s, 2011 is setting up to be an excellent year for dividend increases. To date, at least 150 companies have increased their dividends. And that’s with less than half of the year gone by.

That’s a solid pace, considering that 256 companies increased their dividends in all of 2010. But don’t be fooled by headlines promoting big increases. Even an impressive 20% increase like the one Cablevision announced on Wednesday can leave investors wanting more, since it still only yields 1.7%.

On the flip side, National Bankshares Inc. increased its dividend by only 2.1%, but it yields a more impressive 3.7%. For you, a powerful equity strategy should begin with a dominant one-two punch of consistent dividend increases and an attractive current yield.

Click here for a quick glance at Wednesday’s dividend action.

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E.J. Smith

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com.