With the curtain officially closed on 2023, it’s safe to say that it was a phenomenal year for equities. The 127-year-old Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to a fresh record high, while the benchmark S&P 500 and growth-fueled Nasdaq Composite registered respective gains of 24% and 43%. It was a needed reminder of how powerful […]
If you want to learn to become a better golfer, you can watch professionals compete, but the same can’t be said for investing. Billionaire investors spend most of their time learning about the companies and industries they invest in, which doesn’t make for great television. Everyday investors might not get to watch billionaire money managers […]
AGNC Investments (NASDAQ: AGNC) pays an eye-popping dividend. At over 14%, it’s nearly 10x higher than the S&P 500‘s dividend yield (currently 1.5%). However, as enticing as that payout might seem, income-focused investors are better off forgetting about the mortgage REIT. They’ll likely make far more money in other high-yielding stocks, including MPLX (NYSE: MPLX). […]
It’s been a wild past four years on Wall Street, with all three broad-market indexes vacillating between bear and bull markets in successive years. Even though patience pays off handsomely, periods of heightened volatility are known to encourage investors to seek out stocks that are perceived as “safe.” Historically speaking, few investment categories have delivered […]
Pipeline welder Income investors don’t have to settle for puny dividends. There are far too many stocks that offer extraordinary yields of 6% or more — a level that I’d categorize as ultra-high. Granted, some of those stocks are too risky for many investors. But not all of them are problematic. Here are my four […]
Rolled Up Cash Money Invest Save Three Hundred Dollars Getty Though there are countless investing strategies on Wall Street that can make investors meaningfully richer over time, few have been as successful as buying dividend stocks. Companies that pay a regular dividend to their shareholders are virtual locks to be profitable on a recurring basis. […]
GettyImages-1430323239 Altria (NYSE: MO) and AT&T (NYSE: T) are two big names for many dividend investors, and it’s no mystery why. While both stocks are trailing the S&P 500 over the past five years, they offer two of the highest dividend yields in the index. While Altria sports a 9.3% yield at recent prices and […]
GettyImages-dividends Sometimes a boring company that consistently pays out its growing free cash flow is something to get excited about. That’s especially true when there’s a clear path to continued dividend increases. One such company offering an exceptional dividend is Enbridge (NYSE: ENB). The Canadian pipeline company just announced another raise for shareholders in 2024, […]