Dividend Stocks

The good news in 2021 is that dividend payments were back after many companies cut or suspended their payments due to Covid-19. Dividend ETFs were the net beneficiary of this return to normalized payouts. S&P 500 companies increased their dividends last year by more than $70 billion. Morningstar market strategist Dave Sekera believes some of the companies in
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Industries that come to mind for many dividend investors include perennial favorites such as consumer staples, utilities and healthcare. These sectors tend to provide predictable earnings, low capital expenditures and high levels of free cash flow. Those conditions are terrific for dividends, and those sectors tend to pay above-market yields as a result. Commodities sectors
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Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) CEO Pat Gelsinger is using “tech sovereignty” to fuel the stock’s comeback, with hefty government aid. INTC stock has some big changes on the horizon. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Intel’s decision to put its new $20 billion chip plant outside Columbus, Ohio was fueled by over $2 billion in state government “incentives.”
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Nearly the entire stock market is under pressure at the moment. Technology, healthcare, retail — it doesn’t matter. Even the safety we find in dividend stocks is under assault. In fact, almost everything is under pressure right now, with the exception of energy stocks. Overall, dividend stocks aren’t inherently safe or dependable. You have to
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When it comes to income investing, we prefer dividend stocks that have demonstrated long histories of being able to raise their dividends throughout all kinds of economic conditions. There are many ways to find stocks with great dividend longevity, but one of the easier ways is to simply start with the Dividend Aristocrats. This is
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In general, investors look for capital gains from high-growth stocks. Dividend stocks, meanwhile, often don’t provide significant upside. However, investors who prefer regular cash flows tend to go overweight on dividend stocks. Of course, there are exceptions among dividend plays, from the perspective of healthy capital gains as well as dividend gains. My focus in
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