In a person, company, country, or stock, resiliency matters. For example, with disruptions related to the pandemic and supply-chain chaos all around us, some will navigate better than others. U.S. stocks have been rising despite coping with the effects of inflation, a slowing economy...
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Forget the virus. Forget about the Fed tightening. It’s all about earnings now.
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More than 75% of the S&P pays a dividend these days. Here are the 10 highest-paying dividend stocks in the S&P 500.
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U.S. crude oil hit a seven-year high as stocks, especially tech stocks, face headwinds. Today I am moving dominator Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) to a Sell as Taiwan, America, China and Japan play a dangerous game. China sent 52 warplanes into the islands air buffer after...
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So far, October has been volatile. There have been strong rallies that quickly become undone in the following days. The market is still even for the month, but it looks very unsteady.
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The market had its worse day since March yesterday. The worry de jour was the debt limit. I believe the issue will be resolved long before a default occurs one way or another.
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Transportation is a fundamental component of human existence, and like all industries, innovations that improve relevance while reducing costs mean the difference between prosperity and oblivion.
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A recent survey by the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) showed that the percentage of investors who think stocks will rise over the next six months plunged to its lowest level in more than a year.
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Today, markets are rallying as much as they fell on Monday ahead of the Fed meeting this afternoon.
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So far, the post-Labor Day market has been just a little bit crummy. Stocks have drifted slightly lower over the past week. While that’s nothing alarming, it is a reversal of the summer market where stocks were drifting slightly higher. It could be the...
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Discover the best ways to put your money into the safest 401(k) investment options so planning for your retirement is as easy as possible.
People crave safety; it’s a basic human necessity. Having a surplus of money is an ideal way to create that But...
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Although it went by way too fast, it’s been a glorious summer in the market. The S&P 500 is up 8% since Memorial Day. And the index is now up over 20% so far in 2021.
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While the stock market continues to set new record highs, investors continue to bypass the energy sector. One indicator: the sector’s weight within the S&P 500 has collapsed from nearly 16% in 2009 to only 2.4% today, making it the smallest in the index.
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The 10 highest paying dividend stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial all yield more than 2.6%. But which of them would I buy today?
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While only insiders will be attending the Federal Reserve’s annual Jackson Hole symposium, which starts this morning, markets will react to any hints on the Fed’s move to tighten monetary policy and lift interest rates.
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The summer malaise is in full swing. The market is doing pretty much exactly what it was doing when investors went on vacation and stopped paying attention.
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Oil prices have rebounded, but cheap energy stocks still abound. Here are three that have performed particularly well.
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With stocks at all-time highs, it's tough to find high yield stocks that you can rely on. Here are three that Sure Dividend likes.
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Markets reacted well to yesterday’s inflation data that showed evidence of cooling as the economic recovery continued amid pandemic-related strained supply chains and signs that the recent rise in Covid-19 infections is starting to slow some business activity.
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The earnings extravaganza is in full swing. It’s the peak of the season that marks the peak earnings growth of this extraordinary recovery. And the market is sort of yawning it off. Part of the issue is summer malaise. People just tend to more...
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