If you’ve got money sitting in the bank that you can afford to invest in the stock market today, targeting dividend stocks can be a great move to make right now. Many investors have been putting money into bonds and high-yielding assets which are less risky than stocks. But with interest rates potentially coming down […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s state-controlled oil and gas giant Petrobras has stepped down, the company said in a prepared statement Wednesday, following months of tensions with the federal government. Petrobras opted not to pay extraordinary dividends to its shareholders earlier this year, souring relations between Petrobras CEO Jean Paul Prates […]
The price of oil might have slumped below $80 recently but remains more than 10% higher for the year. With Energy still one of the top-performing sectors in 2024, we turn our attention to how some of the constituent companies are using this favorable landscape to return excess free cash flow to shareholders through dividends. […]
What Size Portfolio Do You Need To Replace The Average Retirement Income From Dividends Alone? Retiring solely on dividend income is a dream for many investors. The appeal of passive income that covers living expenses without needing to sell assets is undeniable. But how much does one need to have invested to make this dream […]
In this article, we discuss 12 best dividend stocks that are undervalued and have just raised their payouts. You can skip our detailed analysis of dividend and value stocks and their previous performance, and go directly to read 5 Undervalued Stocks That Just Raised Their Dividends. Dividend stocks didn’t perform well in 2023. However, this […]
Nvidia stock investors have a trillion reasons to celebrate. But shockingly, owners of two S&P 500 utility stocks have done even better this year. X Shares of three S&P 500 stocks, including utilities Vistra (VST) and Constellation Energy (CEG), are outperforming Nvidia’s 81.5% gain this year, says an Investor’s Business Daily analysis of data from […]
For decades, many investors have called on Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) to pay a dividend, but Warren Buffett has refused to authorize one. Why doesn’t Berkshire pay a dividend? Will it ever? Berkshire stock could pay a dividend if this 1 thing happens The only time Berkshire ever paid a dividend was in 1967. […]
Dividends are small but mighty wealth creators. That’s abundantly clear in the data. Over the past 50 years, the average dividend-paying stock in the S&P 500 has delivered a 9.2% average annualized total return, according to data from Ned Davis Research and Hartford Funds. That has outperformed an equal-weighted S&P 500 index’s 7.7% average annual […]
After slashing its annual dividend from $0.60 per share in 2019 to $0.15 per share in 2020 and then again to $0.10% in 2021, Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) has hit the gas pedal in the past couple of years, hiking the payout higher. While the stock offers an enticing forward-yielding dividend of 4.8%, income […]
Very often, dividend investors focus on dividend yield as a key selection metric. To some extent that makes sense, but it can miss important company-specific issues that might lead you to avoid a stock. That’s exactly why dividend investors looking for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) need to examine Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHD). […]
How much will International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) pay out in dividends this year? It seems like a simple question, but there are layers to it. You can look at Big Blue’s dividend payouts from a few different angles — and they’re all helpful to prospective IBM investors. Dividends per share IBM likes to increase […]
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) investors have a few ways they can get bubbly returns from owning the beverage giant’s stock. There’s regular price appreciation, of course, which has been lacking lately as shares have declined in the past full year. But owning Coke also gives you access to its gushing flow of dividend payments as well. […]