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One smart thing for growth stock buyers is to focus on total return and buy large cap quality stocks that will do well regardless of the near-term economic news.
Regardless of what rates do, these four companies should do fine as they have very strong and mature businesses.
With the 10-year Treasury yielding much less than 2% and the prospects for big capital gains going forward far lower than over the past 10 years, switching to top dividend stocks now looks like a...
The question for investors getting nervous about the market, the election and the general state of the global macro picture is what stocks will hold up best if we do get hit hard.
Deutsche Bank has a very selective list of top utility stock picks. All make good sense for income investors looking for dividends and relative safety.
Despite all the negative long-term trends, investors have cleaned up owning tobacco stocks in recent years. And now the valuations are at a serious premium to their historic levels.
Most Wall Street strategists agree that the way to play the fourth quarter and next year is with large cap stocks that pay and consistently increase their dividends.
Investors never take kindly to a 2.45% sell-off, like the one seen in the S&P 500, and they may be looking to shift into dividend-paying large caps, which will remain in demand as rates continue...
All these companies have faced issues. However, investors that bought and held shares over time did very well on a total return basis.
The short interest data for the July 29 settlement date are out and it almost feels like short sellers are getting a bit panicked about the market rally.
These are clearly not the most exciting companies on Wall Street, but if you are an investor concerned about where to own shares, the United States remains the clear-cut winner.
The biggest companies are often the safest to buy, and with the market still right at all-time highs, these liquid, large cap leaders make good sense now.
These three safe and relatively defensive stocks that pay solid dividends could be outstanding choices for income accounts looking to take utility gains and roll into something with better upside...
These blue chip dividend stocks are leaders in their respective sectors, and all four still offer investors decent value at current trading levels.
With the market starting to look very fully valued, and yields at record lows despite howls from pundits they were going higher, what are income and growth investors to do now?