Dividends Are Sending A Signal
Summary Recently, I saw a very curious chart. It showed that the market’s dividend yield (indexes such as S&P 500 is very close to the lowest level in recent decades.…
15 dividend stocks outpacing Wall Street as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 struggle
Amid a cautious trading session on Tuesday, Wall Street was mostly lower, with the S&P 500 (SP500 down roughly 1% and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND falling 1.5%. Investor sentiment has…
Great Value Investing – Undervalued Winning Buys Some Have 4-5% Yields
Summary A normal P/E for most stocks is 15 with a growth stock being higher, much higher. To be a great value it must have earnings growth higher than its…
Dumping SCHD
Summary Well, the tides are starting to turn for the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD . Look, it had a great year, and we talked about over the long…
Revenge Of The Dividend Stocks
Summary Welcome back to my weekly investing-themed variety show! Every week, I seek to understand and explain market trends, especially those relevant to my fellow dividend investors, with the help…
Very Good News For Big Dividend Infrastructure Stocks
Big dividend infrastructure stocks, like the ones in the Cohen&Steers Infrastructure Fund (UTF , have boomed recently, as the chart below illustrates. Companies like Williams Companies (WMB , TC Energy…
Dividend Payouts Are Latest Sign of Big Tech’s Financial Muscle
After years of chasing growth at all costs, tech firms are taking a page from the playbook of old-school value businesses — paying a dividend. Throwing off more cash than…
Global corporate dividends hit record $1.66 trillion in 2023
Summary Corporate dividends globally hit an all-time high of $1.66 trillion in 2023, with record payouts by banks making up half of the growth, a report showed on Wednesday. On…
Dividend Investing: Why It Is Dumb Logic
Summary Investors seem to love dividends, especially readers on Seeking Alpha. But here is the thing: If a stock pays a dividend or not, it doesn’t tell you anything about…
Dividend Roundup: Apple, PepsiCo, UPS, Visa and more
This week’s dividend activity included an increased payout from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP as well as declarations from names like United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS and La-Z-Boy (LZB . Meanwhile, looking…