Verizon Hikes Its Dividend for the 16th Straight Year

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Verizon raises dividend, to extend lead as highest-yielding Dow component

Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, -0.48% rose 0.2% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the telecommunications company raised its quarterly dividend by 2%, to extend its lead has the highest-yi...

Writing Calls And Buying H&R Block Now For Dividend Tomorrow

Tax preparation firm H&R Block (HRB) has been a stellar performer in the Forbes Dividend Investor portfolio since January and it trades ex-dividend tomorrow. If you execute this trade before the c...

Dividend Stock Oneok Checks All The Boxes

Oneok (OKE) is the focus of this week’s Income investor, boasting strong fundamentals, modest growth and an impressive 6% dividend stock yield. X Headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., this natural gas ...

Dow downgraded again, but high dividend yield keeps analyst from turning bearish

Shares of Dow Inc. inched lower Friday, putting them on track to suffer a sixth-straight loss, after another Wall Street analyst downgraded the chemicals and specialty materials company, citing concer...

The ‘Refiner’ Things in Life: 3 Oil Dividend Stocks With High Yields

High oil and gas prices are boosting the energy sector as these stocks have widely outperformed the S&P 500 Index. It’s no wonder: Demand for refined products remains strong and global suppl...

3M’s Next Problem For Investors Could Be The Dividend.

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Dividend Cuts Could Be Right Around The Corner For These 3 REITs

Orchid Island Capital Corp. (NYSE: ORC) is a finance company that acquires, invests in and offers financing from U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The Florida mortgage real estate inv...

Recession Fears Could Send This 10% Dividend On A 400%+ Profit Run

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VF Corporation’s Cash Flow Increases The Safety Of Its Dividend Yield

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Top 2 dividend shares to navigate stock market in H2, 2022

Yield is not the be-all and end-all when picking out the best dividend stocks, especially in a volatile market like the one 2022 has turned out to be so far. Income dividend investors often focus on r...

Top 3 dividend REITs to navigate the stock market in H2, 2022

Real estate investment funds (REITs) have offered investors the chance to buy shares in a real estate portfolio for decades now, making it an ideal investment vehicle for those market participants tha...

Turn a New Leaf With These Hot Tobacco Dividend Stocks

Tobacco stocks are known for their stable and predictable revenue, high profit margins, and reliable earnings. With their low capital expenditure needs, tobacco stocks also tend to generate significan...

Here Are 2 Dividend Stocks That Morgan Stanley Likes

The first half of 2022 was dominated by high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s shift to an monetary tightening policy in response. The second half will find those same factors still pushing on stock...

The New “Biden Buyback Tax” Will Send This Dividend Stock Soaring

Metal smelting furnace in Chinese steel mills getty There’s a group of dividend stocks out there that are set to skyrocket as the new “Biden buyback tax” rolls in. These “dividend moonshots” are hidin...

Best Buy declares dividend after beating earnings expectations a day earlier 

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) gained some ground in the previous few trading session after topping some beaten-down consensus estimates with its Q2 earnings report on August 30. On August 31, the Board of Dire...

Cramer’s 10 favorite ‘dividend aristocrats’ to own through year-end

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday offered investors a list of his 10 favorite “dividend aristocrats” to own through year-end, saying their payouts offer protection against Federal Reserve...

20 dividend stocks with high yields that are expected to raise payouts the most through 2024

There are different ways to select stocks based on dividends. An investor might look for companies paying high dividends, with the hope that payouts will keep rising. Or the investor might focus less ...

This 12.7% Dividend Soars When The Fed Hikes Rates

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3M Is Out, Find Other Dividend Stocks Instead

3M Company (MMM) got hammered on Friday afternoon after a federal judge ruled that 230,000 lawsuits for defective military earplugs can proceed against 3M despite the bankruptcy of its subsidiary that...

Why Prudential Financial Is A Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock

Prudential Financial has been named a Top Socially Responsible Dividend Stock by Dividend Channel, signifying a stock with above-average ”DividendRank” statistics including a strong 4.9% y...

3 top dividend stocks from Goldman Sachs — nail down an inflation-fighting yield as high as 13.3%

3 top dividend stocks from Goldman Sachs — nail down an inflation-fighting yield as high as 13.3% The U.S. stock market continues to be a volatile place. Despite making a strong comeback in July and e...

These 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Offer Monthly Income

If you use dividend income to pay living expenses, then you’d likely benefit from the small group of stocks that pay up every month, rather than each quarter or semi-annually. Here we’ll s...

These dividend stocks can protect you as the Federal Reserve slows the economy

With Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell set to deliver an important speech Friday, investors may finally begin to take him at his word: The central bank is going to maintain a hawkish stance to co...

2 Top Wells Fargo Dividend Stocks Yielding 8%

“Don’t Fight the Fed” was chapter 4 in investing legend Martin Zweig’s landmark book Winning on Wall Street. Zweig dedicated 40 pages to explain readers why they should “go with the flow” with respect...

Fuel Up on These Three Natural Gas Dividend Stocks

U.S. natural gas prices recently reached a 14-year high, as we’re hit with ongoing inflation and the war in Ukraine. As these catalysts are not likely to subside any time soon, natural gas price...

Sell These 11 Dividend Stocks Before September

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Goldman Sachs Taps 2 High-Yield Dividend Stocks for an Unsettled Market

So far this year, we’ve seen a serious bear-market decline – and a strong rally that has carried markets back up out of the bear. The next several weeks are very important for what happens over the re...

3 Solid REITs With Dividend Yields Above 5%

In uncertain times, investors often gravitate toward income-producing stocks. While it’s difficult to forego the opportunity for substantial appreciation that non-dividend stocks provide, the tradeoff...

Verizon dividend yield at ‘by far’ its highest level in a decade, and a hike could be imminent

The pullback in Verizon Communications Inc.’s stock this year has brought its dividend yield to “by far” its highest level in 10 years at 5.8%, and Morgan Stanley analyst Simon Flannery expects that t...

Top Dividend Stocks: Hot Growth And Eye-Watering 8.6% Yield Highlight this Top Stock

Investors have scooped up energy stocks in 2022, lifting IBD’s Oil and Gas Exploration group into 34th position out of 197 industries. Devon Energy (DVN) is the group’s leader, offering a ...

Warren Buffett Stock Boosts Payout As U.S. Dividend Growth Shows Remarkable Resilience

According to the latest quarterly Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index findings, global dividends are above their pre-pandemic high despite the enormous economic disruption caused by the Covid-19 pan...