Predicting short-term stock price movements is difficult. Some may say it is impossible. Just look at what the stock market has done since 2020. First, it crashed, then it ripped to all-time highs, then it crashed again. Now, in early 2024, the S&P 500 is back to all-time highs due to the artificial intelligence boom. […]
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Looking for a Monster, Super-Safe Yield? Add 1 of These Big-Time Dividend Stocks to Energize Your Income
Higher-yielding dividend stocks are often higher-risk investments. Those bigger payouts offer investors tempting potential rewards for putting their money into a company with a higher risk profile. However, some high-yield stocks provide investors with the best of both worlds — low-risk, high-yielding payouts. Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET), Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD), and MPLX (NYSE: […]
AT&T’s 6.4% Yield Looks Great After Earnings… But There’s Bad News, Too
U.S. wireless carrier AT&T (NYSE: T) recently closed out its fiscal 2023 year with earnings. The company, popular with income-focused investors, got great news regarding its financials and how they may affect its dividend moving forward. However, it wasn’t all sunshine. The company is coming up short in one crucial area that could limit the […]
US 30-Year Yield Reaches Year-to-Date High After Poor Auction
(Bloomberg) — The US 30-year yield climbed to its highest level so far this year Wednesday after poor demand for an auction of five-year notes, a week before the Treasury is expected to announce a heavier borrowing schedule for the February-to-April period. Most Read from Bloomberg The longest-maturity Treasury yield rose more than 5 basis […]
Investing $135,000 in These Ultra-High Yield Dividend Stocks Could Generate $10,000 in Passive Income for Your Portfolio
One of the hallmarks of a diversified portfolio is dividend investments. Dividends can provide investors with steady passive income streams and help strengthen the overall position of your portfolio. The four stocks explored below operate in the energy sector. Given the high dividend yield of each stock, investing $135,000 split equally among these energy leaders […]
Is British American Tobacco’s 9.5% Dividend Yield Too Good to Be True?
There was a time when tobacco stocks were among the best investments you could own. For example, Altria (NYSE: MO), which for much of its history also owned what is now Philip Morris (NYSE: PM), was the best-performing stock on the market over a nearly 50-year period, according to Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel. However, over […]
2 Ultra-High Yield Dividend Stocks Worth Owning in 2024
Dividends have been the main source of stock returns for more than a century. This is an important fact that anyone who invests in the stock market shouldn’t overlook. However, not all dividend stocks are good investments. Many high-yield stocks have significantly lagged behind the broader markets, as well as risk-free government bonds, in terms […]
Dividend Stock’s 12.6% Yield Pays Investors To Own Corporate Debt
For investors looking for a supercharged yield, business development companies (BDCs) are a great choice. A BDC funds a series of smaller, often private companies and must pay at least 90% of any income earned to investors, similar to a real estate investment trust, or REIT. X FS KKR Capital (FSK) — one of the […]
With a Yield of Almost 10%, Is This Dirt Cheap Dividend Stock a Buy in 2024?
Let’s do a little back-of-napkin math to understand the value of a 9.5% dividend yield. Assuming all dividends received are reinvested at the same yield and no share price appreciation, a $10,000 position would soar to $20,669 in just eight years, more than doubling your money based on dividends alone. And in 20 years, your […]
Do drivers have to yield to cyclists in California? What about jaywalkers? What law says
When streets intersect in California and the worlds of bicycling, driving and walking collide, who has the right-of-way and when? The California Vehicle Code defines and outlines the rules of the road — from flashing your high beams to turning on red lights — for travelers to follow on a daily basis. Here’s how California […]
Billionaire Carl Icahn’s Top Stock Offers a Mind-Boggling Dividend Yield of 22% — and Wall Street Thinks It Will Skyrocket 45% in 2024
Carl Icahn ranks as one of the most famous activist investors in the world — and one of the most successful. His net worth currently totals close to $5.8 billion. Although Icahn has money in dozens of stocks, his top position, by far, is in his own Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ: IEP). He owns nearly […]
Search for Madeleine McCann will eventually yield results, parents say
Efforts to find Madeleine McCann continue “with the same determination, commitment and vigour” and will “eventually yield results”, her parents have said. In a message on the Official Find Madeleine Campaign Facebook page on Sunday, Kate and Gerry McCann said there was “no new significant news to share” in the search for their daughter, but […]