GE Capital resumes dividend to parent

(Reuters) - General Electric Co's finance arm will resume quarterly dividend to the parent company and pay the largest U.S.

Conglomerate's finance arm is getting back to returning capital after healing from crisis wounds.

By Bret Jensen:Goldman Sachs raised its price targets on the S&P 500 yesterday. The investment bank sees current central bank policies and a rotation from bonds to equities continuing to lift the market. The investment firm also continues to be positive on dividend paying stocks. Included in the note from Goldman Sachs were 10 of the bank's favorite dividend paying equities.

By Bret Jensen:General Electric (GE) has pulled back around 5% since the beginning of the month of May, approximately in line with the overall market. However, the company has made several positive announcements this week and positive catalysts should drive the stock to outperform the market.Key recent GE highlights:

General Electric is again able to take cash out of its hulking finance arm in the form of a $475 million quarterly dividend.

General Electric is again able to take cash out of its hulking finance arm in the form of a $475 million quarterly dividend.

Less than a dozen years back, pension funds weren’t in the habit of raising long-term capital by issuing bonds on a private placement basis.