Ultra-high-yield dividend stocks, or companies with annualized payouts above the 5% mark, tend to underperform the broader markets over periods of less than five years. The core reason is that an elevated yield often indicates a company is facing a major headwind. Tobacco giant Altria (NYSE: MO) and telecom behemoth AT&T (NYSE: T) have defied […]
Solar panels may be replaced by light-catching spheres if innovation company WAVJA’s ingenious contraptions fulfill their potential. That’s because the business, which has operations in New York City, says its experts have created tiny globes — from a little more than an inch to nearly 4 inches in size — that can harness both sunlight […]
Professional fund managers are in charge of investing billions of dollars for investors. They’re often highly educated, have years of investment experience, and get paid well for their skills and expertise. But the truth is most aren’t worth the fees they charge. It doesn’t take an advanced degree or special insider knowledge to do better […]
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one of the best stocks to own in the artificial intelligence (AI) race so far. The company’s revenue has tripled year over year in recent quarters, sending the stock up 149% in the first half of 2024. At these lofty share prices, Nvidia’s valuation looks stretched. The stock’s forward price-to-earnings […]
If you want to beat the market’s average return, you need to find companies with superior growth prospects than the average company. The S&P 500 has delivered median annualized earnings growth of 11% since 1989. One industry that is seeing accelerating demand and is positioned for above-average earnings growth is semiconductors. Let’s look at two […]
Here are some of the companies that rank high on a screen of the semiconductor stocks most favored by analysts. – MarketWatch/iStockphoto Nvidia Corp. dominates coverage of the semiconductor industry, and this will continue as long as this company keeps blowing past even its own expectations for sales and profits each quarter. But there are […]
Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) are two of the market’s hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. Super Micro Computer, more commonly known as Supermicro, is a leading producer of dedicated AI servers. Nvidia is the world’s largest producer of data center GPUs for processing AI tasks. In 2023, Supermicro’s stock rallied 246% […]
The current tech-fueled bull market has driven the Nasdaq Composite up 30% over the last 12 months. That rate is well above the index’s average annual growth rate over the last 30 years of about 11% (excluding dividends). So it isn’t wise to expect it to continue at such a torrid pace. It also isn’t […]
Over the past three years, the S&P 500 has produced a total return (capital gains and dividends) of 32.4%, beating the Nasdaq Composite‘s 26.8% total return. Still, both indices have done well during this time period, especially considering that 2022 was the worst calendar year in the stock market since 2008. Despite a widespread sell-off […]
Investors often take on the challenge of picking individual stocks to beat the market or simply invest in a way that suits their risk tolerance and helps accomplish their financial goals. But finding a quality, low-cost, exchange-traded fund (ETF) that achieves diversification and can beat the market is a passive investors’ dream come true. If […]
Warren Buffett has an incredible track record of outperforming the S&P 500. At the start of every Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) annual report, he shares the annual returns of Berkshire Hathaway compared to the S&P 500 (with dividends included) for every year dating back to 1965, the year he took control of the […]
Feverpitched / Getty Images/iStockphoto Money expert Jaspreet Singh, host of the YouTube show Minority Mindset, often talks about putting your money to work for you. Instead of spending money on things, invest your money to make more money, he often says. Check Out: I’m a Self-Made Millionaire — 5 Stocks You Shouldn’t Sell Read Next: […]