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…
Stocks With the Highest Dividend Yields in the S&P 500
Telecoms and regional banks dominate the list of stocks with the highest dividend yields in the benchmark index. Experienced equity income investors know that blindly buying stocks with the highest…
Avoid This Common Dividend Investor Mistake
Introduction During my eight years of writing about stock investing it has been commonplace for me to run across investors, usually dividend investors, who make the mistake of assuming dividends…
Dividend Corner: Is AT&T the right defensive safety stock to buy?
As broader market averages (DJI (SP500 (COMP.IND remain under heavy pressure, many investors have shifted their attention towards the safety of dividends. One stock in particular that has drawn some…
Value Stocks Are Winning Out Over Growth Stocks
This trend has been in place throughout most of 2022 as interest rates have ticked sharply higher. After a dismal end to the third quarter for investors, markets have staged…
Cboe, S&P Dow Jones to develop new dispersion index
Cboe Global Markets (BATS:CBOE) will work with S&P Dow Jones Indices, part of S&P Global (NYSE:SPG), to develop the Cboe S&P 500 Dispersion Index, a gauge that’s meant to help…
2 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Hand Over Fist and 1 to Avoid Like the Plague
KEY POINTS Dividend stocks have a rich history of outperformance, which makes them a smart buy during bear market dips. Two supercharged income stocks, with yields of 5.8% and 7.6%,…
U.S. Stocks Slip After Jobs Report
Employment data could affect the size and pace of Federal Reserve interest-rate increases ahead U.S. stocks edged lower Friday after a surprisingly strong jobs report cast doubt on the Federal…
US stocks gain as investors assess latest wave of 2nd-quarter earnings results
US stocks edged higher on Tuesday as investors begin to assess second-quarter earnings results. More than 70 S&P 500 companies are set to report results this week, including Netflix, Tesla,…
Dow Jumps 300 Points After Solid Earnings From Goldman, Bank Of America
The stock market rallied on Monday to kick off a big week of earnings as the latest quarterly results from big banks provided further clues about the health of the…