Samuel Smith has a diverse background that includes being lead analyst and Vice President at several highly regarded dividend stock research firms and running his own dividend investing YouTube channel.
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Utilities provide essential services with steady demand across economic cycles. Utility ETFs offer portfolio stability, as they can pass inflation costs to consumers and typically provide low volatility and consistent returns, acting as a safeguard during downturns.
Therefore, investors may consider adding top utility ETFs like Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY),
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Billionaire managing investors have the great responsibility of managing tremendous wealth for their clients, which necessitates the need for meticulous research into every investment.
Andreas Halvorsen of Viking Global Investors and Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Holdings are both prominent billionaire fund managers who started positions in two members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) in the second quarter and proceeded to buy more shares in Q3.
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Stock futures are higher Thursday morning as investors digest earnings reports from AI favorite Nvidia (NVDA) and other companies, while bitcoin continued its march toward $100,000.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq were each up 0.5%. On Wednesday, stocks turned in a mixed performance as market participants awaited the highly anticipated release of Nvidia’s results after the closing bell.
The U.S. retirement system isn’t broken — it works, but it’s ready for an upgrade. Targeted reforms, greater access to savings options and better financial literacy will strengthen it for future generations, without losing what’s already working.
Despite the progress we’ve made, the retirement system still fails too many — particularly women and workers of color.
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South Korean police have confirmed that North Korean hackers were behind the theft of cryptocurrency worth 58 billion won, or about 41.5 million dollars, in 2019.
The National Police Agency announced on Thursday that state-sponsored North Korean hacking groups were involved in the theft of Ethereum tokens from a cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea in November 2019.
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Dividends are a key way these three companies pass along profits to their shareholders.
Dividends can be an excellent way to generate passive income no matter what the stock market is doing. The best dividend-paying companies reward long-term investors with a blend of dividend income and capital gains. Still, there are some nuances to dividend investing worth considering.
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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is a top tech company which really doesn’t need much in the way of an introduction.
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While the Federal Reserve has cut its short-term interest rate target by three-quarters of a percentage point since mid-September, 30-year fixed-rate home mortgage rates rose by almost as much during that period and have lately averaged around 6.8%, higher than they were when the Fed began cutting, according to Freddie Mac,
