S&P 500 companies paid out more dividends in the first quarter

Yahoo Finance’s Brian Cheung breaks down the chart of the day.Video TranscriptBRIAN CHEUNG: I want to shift gears and talk about public companies because the first earnings are in the books. And guys, they doled out a lot of dividend increases. Shout out, Howard Silverblatt at S&P Dow Jones Indices. This chart shows you the…