Powell’s Hawkish Messaging Leaves Stocks on the Edge; Here Are 2 High-Yield Dividend Payers for Protection — Including One With 8.5% Yield

The Fed bumped rates 75bp on Wednesday, and sent the stock market onto a roller coaster. What spooked investors were the comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who quickly dashed any pros...

These 3 High-Yield REITs Could See Dividend Increases Soon

Real estate investment trusts (REITs), which are long preferred as an alternative investment option to hedge market risks, require upgrades to keep up with the Federal Reserve’s most aggressive rate-h...

Petrobras Set for Political Uproar as Board Approves $8.5 Billion Dividend

(Bloomberg) — Petrobras announced another blockbuster dividend payment, rewarding shareholders at a moment of growing concern that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s return to power in Brazil will brin...

Lumen stock falls after dividend is eliminated, but is there a silver lining?

Lumen Technologies Inc. shares were falling sharply in Thursday trading after the telecommunications company announced it was eliminating its dividend and selling another business, moves that have pro...

ConocoPhillips stock rallies toward a record after profit beat, raised dividend and $20 billion boost to repurchase program

Shares of ConocoPhillips COP, +7.09% ran up 1.8% into record territory in premarket trading Thursday, after the oil producer reported third-quarter profit and production that beat expectations, booste...

State attorneys general sue to block Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend payout

The attorneys general of California, Illinois and the District of Columbia are suing Albertsons in an effort to stop the grocery chain from paying a nearly $4 billion dividend to its shareholders. The...

Oil Dividend Stars Devon and Pioneer Face Tests After Payout Cuts

Some of the biggest outperformers in the U.S. energy sector— Pioneer Natural Resources and Devon Energy —cut their dividend payouts in the latest quarter as oil prices caused cash flow to slip. The cu...

4 Mortgage REITs With Temptingly High Dividend Yields

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are some of the best options for investors looking to generate stable dividend income. This is because publicly traded REITs are required to distribute at least 9...

Phillips 66 Added As Top 10 Energy Dividend Stock With 3.61% Yield

Phillips 66 has been named as a Top 10 dividend paying energy stock, according to Dividend Channel, which published its weekly ”DividendRank” report. The report noted that among energy com...

A Key Insider Just Bought $150,397 Of This Soaring Dividend

5G communications tower with man using mobile phone getty We contrarian dividend buyers love it when an insider loads up on their own (ideally washed out!) stock. Especially when that stock is: Throwi...

20 dividend stocks that may be safest if the Federal Reserve causes a recession

Investors cheered when a report last week showed the economy expanded in the third quarter after back-to-back contractions. But it’s too early to get excited, because the Federal Reserve hasn’t given ...

Investing Whiz Sharon Hill Says Dividend Stocks Are a Good Place to Be Right Now; Here Are Two High-Yield Payers That Analysts Like

Dividend stocks. They’re the very picture of the reliable standby, the sound defensive play that investors make when markets turn south. Div stocks tend not to show as extreme shifts as the broader ma...

3 High Dividend Stocks to Buy and Hold

When it comes to finding great stocks to hold for the long-term, investors have many routes that can be taken to accumulate wealth. Some stocks are value-oriented, offering shareholders a cheap purcha...

The 2023 Recession Has Already Made This 8.4% Dividend Cheap

Side view on a financial spreadsheet with the word recession in red and lens flare overlay getty It’s nearly 2023, and we’re on the precipice of something that’s never happened in our lifetimes: a rec...

3 of the Highest Yielding Dividend Champions to Buy Now

The turmoil the stock market has been through this year has caused significant pain to a lot of investors. However, periods like this are inevitable, and while it is painful to endure, it also creates...

AbbVie Reports Mixed Earnings, Tightens Guidance, Lifts Quarterly Dividend

AbbVie Inc (NYSE: ABBV) reported Q3 adjusted EPS of $3.66, up 29.3% Y/Y and beating the consensus of $3.59. Overall sales increased 3.3% Y/Y (5.4% on an operational basis) to $14.81 billion, missing t...

Exxon Boosts Quarterly Dividend After Four Fold Increase In Q3 Earnings

Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) has posted a Q3 profit of $4.45 per share, a robust increase over $1.58 a year ago versus the consensus of $3.65. But the company’s revenue, at $112.07 billion, jump...

Exxon raises dividend after Q3 profit

Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) is trading up this morning after the oil giant reported its Q3 results that handily topped Street estimates. Highlights from CEO’s interview with CNBC Also on Friday, the ...

5 Historically High-Yield Stocks Popular With Gurus

Summary IntelINTC , AT&TT , WalgreensWBA , T. Rowe Price and Western UnionWU are offering high dividend yields currently. As market volatility continues on the back of a disappointing start to tec...

The Best Dividend Stock To Buy Right Now

best buy phrase made from metallic letterpress type on wooden tray with dollar sign getty The Bank of England has recently aroused financial animal spirits with its on and off and on again buying of l...

Shell Jumps on Dividend Rise, Posting Second-Highest Profit

(Bloomberg) — Shell Plc gained the most since July as it raised its dividend after posting its second-highest profit on record, even as some parts of its business showed signs of slowing. Most R...

California attorney general demands Albertsons delay $4-billion dividend ahead of possible Kroger merger

Kroger said Oct. 14 that it has agreed to acquire rival grocery store chain Albertsons in a $20-billion deal. (Ed Pevos / Associated Press) California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and his peers in several oth...

AT&T’s dividend yield falls below Verizon’s. What that means for the stocks.

AT&T Inc. no longer seems the most unloved name in wireless, and that manifested in one milestone that occurred last week. While AT&T shares T, +2.54% rallied in the wake of the company’s Thur...

These 2 Big 8% Dividend Stocks Are Proven Long-Term Winners

The stock market had a good day today. The S&P has gained 1.63% and moderated its year-to-date losses to 19%. That rally has pushed the index up just out of bear territory. Despite these gains, at...

Visa beats on earnings, increases dividend by 20%

Visa Inc. topped earnings expectations for its latest quarter, with the company’s chief executive calling out strong spending trends despite “short-term uncertainty.” The company reported fiscal fourt...

2 Blue Chip Dividend Stocks With High Yields; Analysts Say ‘Buy’

Markets are volatile, with an overall bear trend combining with short rallies to confuse investors. Economic headwinds are piling up, in the form of stubbornly high inflation, rising interest rates an...

UK Dividends Fall 8.3% In Q3, Link Group Raises Full-Year Dividend Forecasts

Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images Getty Images UK dividends dropped 8.4% in the third quarter following the delisting of BHP Group, Link Group has reported. BHP’s exit from the FTSE 100 in January saw t...

AT&T’s ‘far simpler story’ and ‘solid’ dividend earn stock an upgrade

Not long ago, Verizon Communications Inc. was winning praise for its simple story, while AT&T Inc. sparked concerns with its hodgepodge of wireless, satellite and media businesses. Nowadays, thing...

Wall Street’s Most Hated Dividend Stocks

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These ‘Achievers’ Offer 5%+ Yields and Attractive Dividend Growth

While periods of market declines are painful to endure, they also offer the chance to buy great businesses at reduced prices. For dividend stocks, this benefit is two-fold, as investors not only get l...

Recession Odds Hit 100% (And This 7.3% Dividend Can’t Wait)

Recession ahead – road sign warning concept getty A recession is on the way—and stocks are … rallying? It makes zero sense on the surface, but there is good reason for the bounce we’ve seen this...

How to Buy Verizon and Its 7.5% Dividend Yield With Low Risk

Shares of Verizon are not seeing the reaction to its earnings report that AT&T  (T)  did when the latter rallied more than 10% at one point on Thursday. Verizon  (VZ)  shares instead are moving lo...