Lowe’s, NextEra Energy, and Realty Income each have long dividend-growth track records.
Philip Morris International has raised its dividend each year since going public.
United Parcel Service may be the exception among high-yield dividend stocks.
You may think of dividend stocks as simply a vehicle for producing cash income from a diversified portfolio,
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Stocks looked set to slide on Tuesday as investors questioned how long the blistering artificial-intelligence rally can last, despite solid earnings from data analytics software developer Palantir.
Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 337 points, or 0.7%. S&P 500 futures fell 1.0%, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 tumbled 1.3%.
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Between Oct. 1, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2025, Berkshire Hathaway’s billionaire boss has sold approximately $184 billion more in stocks than he’s purchased.
There are three basic ways to invest in the S&P 500 index, and the cheapest and easiest one is likely to be the best choice.
Warren Buffett, the famous investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has long suggested that most investors would be better off just buying the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index fund rather than picking individual stocks.
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After an extraordinary run that sent shares soaring nearly 300% over the past year, AppLovin suddenly lost momentum in early October. The sell-off came as a shock to investors who had watched the ad-tech company become one of Wall Street’s brightest stars.
The trigger was a Bloomberg report revealing that the SEC had opened an investigation into AppLovin’s data-collection practices.
The ChatGPT developer is paving the way to ramp up its AI investments.
Nvidia (NVDA +2.09%) is the clear leader in purpose-built accelerator chips for training and operating AI models in data centers. However, the company depends on a relatively small pool of deep-pocketed hyperscalers to buy those AI chips,
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Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest is increasing its bet on Bullish Holdings, the crypto exchange backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, with a new $11.98 million share purchase this week.
The latest buy marks Ark’s continued accumulation of Bullish stock (BLSH) following its public debut in August.
According to Ark’s Monday trading disclosure,
Many people would rather not spend hours researching and monitoring stocks to invest in, and that’s totally fine. That’s why exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become so popular. These funds typically represent hundreds, sometimes thousands, of stocks so that investors can build a diversified portfolio with the ease of a single ticker symbol.
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The Social Security Administration recently announced the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA): Benefits will increase 2.8% next year.
Collectively, retired workers living in states with higher median Social Security benefits will also receive larger COLAs (as measured in dollars) in 2026.
Social Security benefits are based in part on lifetime earnings,
PAUSING for a moment on the side of Huangshan mountain in China, I peered through the clouds down the more than 1,000 metre drop. It was a breathtaking and slightly terrifying view. Looking up, there were still more steps leading to the next peak beyond what was already a giddy high.
In the safety of my office I get a similar feeling when I look at the S&P 500 index and to a lesser extent,
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