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24/7 Insights This is how much you should have saved by 45. It’s okay if you’re behind. You can catch up.  If you’re ahead of the saving pace, there are ways to add even more money.  Also:...
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...
Are you familiar with the term “shareholder yield?” Imagine you’re at a party where the dividend investors chat in the living room while the buyback people are busy discussing share repurchases...
24/7 Wall Street Insights Dividend Kings are companies with an unbroken track record of dividend increases spanning a minimum of 50 consecutive years. Some of these companies have been in business...
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...
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...
Since July, markets have been volatile, and this volatility has provided plenty of opportunities for traders and those with a shorter-term investing time horizon to make some money. For longer-term...
With around 10,000 baby boomers entering retirement each day, the topic of retirement planning is one that’s beginning to become ultra-important for a large swath of investors. Many in this cohort...
24/7 Insights Dividend stocks vary between risky investments and promising long-term options, you should research any dividend stocks before investing. There is more to dividend stocks than just how...
24/7 Wall Street Insights Closed-End Mutual Funds (CEF) trade like stocks but provide comparable performance to their Open-End Mutual Fund cousins and may have additional advantages. Mutual Funds, by...
Falling interest rates reduce borrowing costs, increase corporate investment and consumer spending, and generally increase valuation multiples across the board. But for high growth stocks with most...
24/7 Wall Street Insights Real estate is a tried and true asset class for passive income wealth building, but the high entry price can eliminate those with limited liquid investment capital. REITs...
There are many different types of investors out there. From growth investors (the group that’s largely outperformed most during this long-standing bull market) to more passive income-oriented...
24/7 Wall Street Insights Realty Income Corporation is one of the largest publicly traded REITs, and the largest net lease REIT. Dividend Stocks with a history of dividend increases are generally on...