Billionaire Ken Fisher is Bullish About These Dividend Stocks

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23. Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK)

– Forward Dividend & Yield: 2.20 (3.04%)

– Ex-Dividend Date: 2018-12-14

– Shares Owned by Fisher Asset Management (as of September 30): 8.04 million
– Value of Fisher Asset Management’s Holding (as of September 30):
$571 million

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) is one of Fisher Investments’ oldest holdings, dating back to at least 1999. The investment adviser added 117,937 MRK shares to its 13F portfolio in Q3. After pulling in net income of $1.95 billion in Q3, Merck announced that it would hike its dividend by 15% and launch a $5 billion accelerated share buyback program.

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