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Dividend Aristocrats represent a wide range of stocks in different industries, but each of these companies holds one characteristic in common: their management teams have raised their dividend...
24/7 Wall Street contributor Chris MacDonald recently discussed dividend stocks for income-focused investors. Rather than waste a lot of time searching for the perfect dividend stock, MacDonald cut...
According to MSN: “The Chicago Business Barometer, also known as the Chicago PMI, fell to 41.6 in October from 46.6 in the prior month. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had forecast a...
There are few investing strategies as successful as buying dividend stocks. When looked at over decades, income-generating equities have surpassed all other classes of stock. Data from Hartford Funds...
Investing in the stock market has long proven itself as a winning formula for generating wealth, though there are many paths to profits. One of the best is buying dividend stocks. Dividend stock...
Investing in the stock market has proved to be the surest way to creating significant wealth over time. While there are any number of strategies an investor can employ to beat Wall Street at its own...
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was created by credit agency Standard & Poor’s in 1957. While the index is not specifically the top 500 U.S.  companies per se, it does represent a good...
A dividend aristocrat is an S&P 500 stock that has raised its dividend annually for at least 25 years. These are typically the kinds of blue-chip stocks many fund managers with a dividend mandate...
According to VettaFi’s ETF Trends, 543 ETFs were launched in 2023, 63 more than the previous record of 480 in 2021. Of those launches, approximately three-quarters are actively managed ETFs.  ...
As we move further into October, many investors may be looking to identify certain stocks with the potential to provide additional capital appreciation upside, but also some strong dividend income....
Dividend stocks are an essential component of any investor’s portfolio. While the stock market remains the single-best way to generate serious wealth, it is dividend stocks that will get you there...
The S&P 500 has performed admirably in 2024, up nearly 22%. With a little less than three months left in the year, it has a decent shot of matching 2023’s 24.2% return and only the sixth time...
Dividend stocks are among the top assets long-term investors want to consider when it comes to building a stable income-generating portfolio over time. Of course, bonds and other fixed income...
24/7 Wall St. Insights: Following a larger than expected 0.50% rate cut in September, analysts anticipate the Fed will cut rates by 25 basis points in November and December. A total of 100 basis...
The current S&P 500 dividend yield is 1.24%. The highest it’s ever been at the end of a calendar year from 1933 through 2023 was 8.11% in 1941. The highest since 2000 was 3.23% in 2008 during...