2 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks With at Least 8% Dividend Yield

Dividend stocks are the Swiss army knives of the stock market. When dividend stocks go up, you make money. When they don’t go up — you still make money (from the dividend). Heck, even when a dividend ...

How To Play “Dividend Splits” For Fast 61%+ Returns

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DuPont Beat Earnings Expectations and Announced a Dividend Boost

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Analyzing Target’s Dividend Growth Potential

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Smaller Crowns, Same Big Dividend Hikes: The Mid-Cap Aristocrats

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AT&T’s Dividend Cut Puts It in an Unenviable Club

A company cutting its dividend after a spinoff is uncommon, but not unprecedented. The longer-term outcomes can vary markedly. AT&T (ticker: T) joined this club on Tuesday, when it said it expects...

Nokia Reinstates Dividend, Sets New, Long-Term Margins Target

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3 Stocks For Rising Rates, 628%+ Dividend Growth

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S&P 500: Here’s The ‘New AT&T’ If You Want A Rock-Solid Dividend

AT&T’s days as a top stock for S&P 500 dividend investors are gone. But luckily, lovers of rising and high dividends have a new king. X Effective on Feb. 1, communications firm AT&T ...

Restaurant Brands International’s Cash Flow Increases The Safety Of Its Dividend Yield

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T Stock Falls On Slashed Dividend, Spin Off Of WarnerMedia Stake

AT&T fell on Tuesday after the company said it will spin off its stake in WarnerMedia to shareholders as part of the Discovery (DISCA) merger. The annual dividend of T stock will fall by about 46%...

AT&T to Spin Off WarnerMedia, Plans Deep Cut to Its Dividend

Text size Justin Sullivan/Getty Images AT&T said Tuesday it would spin off its interest in WarnerMedia following WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery . AT&T (ticker: T) also said its board appr...

Opinion: AT&T and 4 more unloved dividend stocks to buy in a ‘risk-off’ era

With stocks off to one of their worst starts to the year since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, it’s no longer crazy to talk about a sustained period of market volatility or a prolonged “risk off” envi...

2 Simple Tips To Dodge CEF Dividend Cuts

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An Easy Market Timing Technique For Dividend Investors

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Dividend Aristocrats Lose AT&T but Gain Church & Dwight and Brown & Brown

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Wells Fargo to raise dividend by 25%

Shares of Wells Fargo & Co. WFC, +0.55% rose 0.4% in afternoon trading Tuesday, after the bank said it will raise its quarterly dividend by 25%. For shareholders of record on Feb. 4, the bank will...

AT&T Dividend Yield Pushes Past 8%

In trading on Monday, shares of AT&T were yielding above the 8% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $2.08), with the stock changing hands as low as $25.79 on the day. Start slidesh...

These 2 “Strong Buy” dividend stocks yielded at least 7%, time to buy?

We’re in the midst of a market shift from a growth-oriented trading environment to one that supports value-oriented stocks. Investors should be cautious since the transition will inevitably result in ...

This 7% Dividend Is Set To Bounce

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Best 4 dividend kings to buy in a high-interest rate environment

Dividend kings are companies that have successfully increased their payouts to investors for at least 50 straight years. They differ from dividend aristocrats, which are companies that have increased ...

3 top dividend stocks poised to give you a pay raise next month

3 top dividend stocks poised to give you a pay raise next month The stock market continues to be a volatile place. After a red-hot 2021, the S&P 500 is already down more than 5% to start the new y...

3 Warren Buffett dividend stocks yielding as high as 4.6%

3 Warren Buffett dividend stocks yielding as high as 4.6% It’s not easy trying to build a passive income stream these days. Thanks to still-historically low interest rates, savings accounts pay next t...

Goldman Sachs Group A Top 25 Dividend Giant With 2.10% Yield

Goldman Sachs Group has been named as a Top 25 ”Dividend Giant” by ETF Channel, with a whopping $22.29B worth of stock held by ETFs, and above-average ”DividendRank” statistics...

2 “Strong Buy” Dividend Stocks Under $5 With up to 7% Yield and Substantial Upside

Every investor wants to see his stocks pay off – or he wouldn’t be in the markets. But finding the right investment, the ‘one’ that will bring profits, no matter what direction the overall markets tak...

47 Dividend Hikes We Expect Early In 2022

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Stocks To Watch: This Top Dividend Stock Pays More Than Triple The Market’s Yield

Simon Property Group (SPG), featured in today’s IBD 50 Stocks To Watch, pays more than triple the market’s dividend yield and is close to a buy point. X The Indianapolis-based company owns...

Here are 3 top dividend stocks in 2022 with yields as high as 10.1% ⁠— for risk-averse investors in search of passive income, these might be perfect

Here are 3 top dividend stocks in 2022 with yields as high as 10.1% ⁠— for risk-averse investors in search of passive income, these might be perfect It’s been an eventful start to 2022. Earlier this w...

Why Morgan Stanley Is A Top 25 Dividend Giant

Morgan Stanley MS has been named as a Top 25 ”Dividend Giant” by ETF Channel, with a stunning $19.92B worth of stock held by ETFs, and above-average ”DividendRank” statistics i...

The Best Dividend Stocks For Rising Interest Rates

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J.P. Morgan Bullish on These 3 Dividend Stocks for up to 9% Yield

When it comes to forecasting the year ahead, it’s only natural to turn to the experts. No one has a crystal ball, to show what’s coming up, but the market’s most successful players – major league inve...

Analyzing Colgate-Palmolive’s Dividend Growth Potential

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