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…
Jerome Powell Just Gave Dividend Investors A Huge Gift
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A (BRK.B once said that: good for us actually – we’re a net buyer of stocks over time. Just like being a net buyer of…
Can Dividend Investing Rise From the Dead?
The once-blockbuster strategy of picking big payers has been battered by growth-focused tech titans Amid a confusion of artificial-intelligence narratives, “quant” analyses, and sustainable funds, the oldest and simplest stock-picking…
Is 2024 Prime Time for Value Stocks?
The tremendous returns for the S&P 500 (SPY enjoyed in 2023 are likely a thing of the past as we turn the calendar over to 2024. Instead the average investor…
Embracing Dividend Opportunities In 2024
Summary A Conversation with Jeff Schulze, John Baldi and Tatiana Eades Yields rose stiffly in 2023, driven by the Federal Reserve’s rate-hike regime, but with expectations increasing for a pause…
All Dividend Companies Have One Big Problem In Common
Summary Dividend investing is a strategy adopted by many investors and has proven to be successful throughout history: obtaining both capital gains and dividends manages to reconcile both long-term and…
Dividends By The Numbers In August 2023
Summary August 2023’s dividend metadata continues to provide evidence of what might best be described as a slow motion recovery from the U.S. stock market’s 2022 earnings recession. In the…
How Many S&P 500 Companies Pay Dividends?
How many companies are in the S&P 500 (Index: SPX ? How many of them pay dividends? What factors affect whether companies pay dividends or not? The answers to all…