Investors chasing higher payouts than what typical U.S. blue chips deliver keep landing on the same benchmark: the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD). It is a fine core holding, but its trailing distribution of $1.048 per share against a price near $35 puts the yield around 3%.
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The Brief
The Social Security Administration is expected to announce the 2027 COLA on Oct. 14.
AARP projects a 3.5% increase, which would raise the average retiree benefit by about $73 per month; other estimates range from 3.2% to 3.6%.
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Investors are looking ahead to Nvidia earnings tomorrow
Stock futures are pointed higher this morning, with Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) and Nasdaq-100 Index (NDX) futures up triple digits, while S&P 500 Index (SPX) futures sit firmly in the black. Treasury yields are extending their decline slightly,
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All three major US equity indices opened in the green on Monday as a pullback in Treasury yields and falling oil prices gave investors a reason to lighten up on the anxiety. Dow futures climbed roughly 0.4% ahead of the opening bell.
The 10-year Treasury yield slipped to around 4.70%, down from 4.74% in the prior session.
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Warren Buffett is best known as one of the greatest stock market investors of all time.
But some of the investments he has spoken most glowingly about aren’t stocks at all.
JP Morgan sees gold hitting $6,000/oz before 2027 — and a gold IRA lets you hold the physical metal while deferring the tax bill.
Investors in Addus HomeCare Corporation ADUS need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Oct. 16, 2026 $95 Put had some of the highest …
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Social Security recipients wondering whether they will receive a Cost-of-Living Adjustment in 2027 still have several weeks to wait before they will find out.
The Cost-of-Living Adjustment is an annual change to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income payments to keep up with inflation, so recipients are given a proportionate check to sustain their buying power of everyday items like gas,
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Syria’s removal by the United States from its “state sponsors of terrorism” list clears one of the last major hurdles to the country’s integration into the global financial system, analysts tell Al Jazeera.
On July 8, US President Donald Trump announced he was formally notifying Congress of his intention to rescind Syria’s designation,
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