Investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) makes it super easy to collect passive income. Many funds have income-focused strategies, which enable investors to sit back and watch the income flow into…
Most mainstream financial websites are not “smart enough” to include special dividends. The yields they display reflect plain ol’ quarterly or monthly payouts. For most stocks this does not matter.…
High-yield dividend stocks are great, but you know what’s even better? High-yield dividends that can grow rapidly. Prologis (PLD), MPLX (MPLX), and McCormick (MKC) present investors with an unusual opportunity.…
Investing is simple but hard. On one hand, the basic ins and outs of investing aren’t all that difficult to figure out. On the other hand, actually executing on those…
Buying dividend stocks can be a great way to produce some extra income to help cover your living expenses. However, some investors face a problem. Most companies pay quarterly dividends,…
Let me start with a prediction: the S&P 500 will gain about 5% this year—not great, but not bad, either. This isn’t really a Nostradamus-level call: I’m simply annualizing the…
The stock market has recovered much of its tariff-fueled declines over the past month and a half, but there are still some excellent bargains to be found. That’s especially true…
There are countless investment strategies out there that one can adapt and follow. And there are many different asset types that one can allocate capital to and accumulate. So how…
Dividend growth investing is a powerful strategy for building wealth, offering a blend of rising income and capital appreciation with lower volatility than non-dividend stocks. By focusing on companies that…
Is it time to buy the dip on these dividends—which by the way yield between 5.3% and 7.6%? Yes, the market-at-large has bounced quite a bit. But these payers remain…
Chevron (CVX) is one of the top holdings of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B). Buffett’s company owns 6.8% of the oil giant’s outstanding shares (118.6 million shares worth $16.7…
About a month ago, Mike Bird, the Wall Street editor for The Economist, tweeted (or “X-ed,” I guess I should say) the following: “You have to concede that there would…