Passive income investors dream of finding companies that can pay reliable and growing dividends while also beating the market. A company must grow its earnings to distribute more money to shareholders over time. To grow earnings, the business has to be in good financial shape and navigate economic cycles to raise its dividend even if […]
When looking to invest in dividend stocks, chasing high yields isn’t always an advisable strategy. Companies with juicy yields are only worth investing in provided they can support their payouts. We saw just recently that even otherwise solid income stocks with incredible yields can resort to slashing their dividends; that’s exactly what happened to Walgreens […]
A few months ago, cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) said it was observing a tenfold increase in email-based phishing attacks compared to last year. The reason? Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has accelerated the rate at which malicious actors can craft realistic content to trick employees into handing over sensitive information. But that’s only […]
Over the long run, Wall Street is a bona fide wealth-building machine. But when the lens is narrowed to just a few months or a couple of years, its outlook is far less predictable. Since this decade began, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have traded off bear and bull markets […]
For investors looking for income, there is perhaps no better industry to look at than pipelines. Companies in the sector are in their best financial shape in years, while their valuations are trading well below pre-pandemic levels. In fact, the sector generally traded at around a 13.7 times average enterprise value (EV)-to-EBITDA multiple between 2011 […]
Even though the S&P 500 is near record territory, it doesn’t mean that all businesses have seen their shares reach all-time highs in recent times. Some stocks are still significantly below their high-water marks. Look no further than Carnival (NYSE: CCL). As of this writing, shares are 79% below their peak. It’s no surprise that […]
We’re still in the middle of earnings season. While that usually means that management teams give minor updates about financial performance, there are still some market-shaking news stories that some businesses provide shareholders. Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) was one of these headline-grabbing companies. The troubled fitness hardware and software provider is making big moves. Its […]
It doesn’t take a ton of money to start investing. True, the more you start with, the more you can gain. But don’t let a lack of copious funds deter you; two of the most important keys to successful investing are consistency and time, so the sooner you begin, the better. If you have even […]
Just because an investment is obvious doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Here are three businesses that are clear leaders in the artificial intelligence (AI) market, which could eclipse $1.8 trillion by the end of the decade. That’s up from roughly $280 billion today, according to Grand View Research. With so much AI-fueled growth still to come, […]
Investors might be familiar with artificial intelligence (AI) stocks like Nvidia and Microsoft. Nvidia designs the industry’s most powerful data center chips for developing AI models, and Microsoft is a leader on the software side thanks in part to its $10 billion investment in ChatGPT creator OpenAI. But the AI opportunity is spreading like wildfire […]
Over the long run, the stock market has proved to be a superior wealth creator. Though commodities like gold and oil, along with housing and Treasury bonds, have produced positive nominal returns for investors, none of these other asset classes have come close to delivering the annualized returns that stocks have generated over the last […]
If you’re looking for investment ideas, a great place to get some inspiration is in the portfolios of billionaires. Generally, billionaire investors have proven their ability to pick winning stocks and turn those investments into millions and even billions of dollars in returns. So when we see several of these successful investors pile into a […]