Paying Dividends: Energy Companies Dominate Top-Yielding Stocks

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2 Growing Dividends To Buy On The Coming September Dip

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Macy’s (M) reports fiscal Q2 2022 earnings

Macy’s Herald Square Flagship Department Store in Midtown Manhattan New York. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Macy’s on Tuesday cut its full-year forecast, saying it anticipates...

S&P 500: These 16 Investors Collect $2.7 Billion A Year In Dividends Alone

Investors gained a new appreciation for S&P 500 dividend stocks this year. But few investors love dividends as much as people who haul in billions a year from them. X Sixteen individuals who are t...

3 Companies That Declared Dividend Increases This Week

Text size Winnebago Industries said that it plans to boost its quarterly dividend by 50%. Courtesy of Winnebago It was a very light week for dividend announcements, which tend to slow down in August b...

PNC Financial Services Has Big Ambitions—and a 3.4% Dividend Yield

With the acquisition of the U.S. banking operations of Spain’s BBVA, PNC now has a presence in all of the top 30 markets in the U.S., including St. Louis. Peter Newcomb/Great Forest Park Balloon Race ...

Here’s Where To Find The Best 7%+ Dividends Now

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GM Reinstates Dividend. Ford’s Yield Is Higher.

Text size GM stock was rising after the auto maker said it was reinstating its dividend. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images American automotive giant General Motors is returning capital to shareholders again—...

7 REITs Paying Huge Dividends

One of the big reasons for investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs) is the kind of dividends many pay. While Treasury bonds are just beginning to catch up with inflation, some REITs offer be...

What stock buybacks are, and how a new 1% tax affects your portfolio

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he delivers remarks on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 at the White House in Washington, July 28, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The new 1% excise tax on cor...

Home Depot Stock Gains On $15 Billion Buyback; Decker New Chairman

Updated at 9:41 am EST Home Depot  (HD)  shares edged higher Friday after the home improvement retailer unveiled a new $15 billion share buyback program, held its dividend in place and named new CEO T...

GM to reinstate quarterly dividend, ups share buybacks to $5 billion

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Vibin’ Ape Society Arises – the Pioneering NFT Collection which Integrates Dividends & Music Streaming

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp NFTs are no longer restricted to digital art, and the environment is undergoing a rapid transformation as new trends, utilities, and markets emerge. ...

What Investors Need to Know About AMC’s APE Units: A Stock ‘Split on Steroids’

Updated Aug. 17, 2022 4:35 pm ET Listen to article (1 minute) AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. outlined plans this month to issue a special dividend, sending its shares soaring and stoking enthusiasm a...

Kohl’s, BJ’s Wholesale, Estee Lauder and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Kohl’s (KSS) – Kohl’s shares slid 7.2% in the premarket after the retailer cut its full-year forecast due to increased promotional...

Buy Haleon Stock. This GSK Spinoff Is a Bargain in Consumer Health.

In January, the United Kingdom pharmaceutical firm GSK turned down Unilever ’s offer of 50 billion pounds sterling, or about $60 billion, to buy its consumer healthcare division, saying the price was ...

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Cisco, Wolfspeed & more

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Lowe’s (LOW) earnings Q2 2022

A customer pushes a shopping cart towards the entrance of a Lowe’s store in Concord, California, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lowe’s on Wednesday...

New Buyback Excise Tax Snares Foreign Investors

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Petrobas September Calls Offer 90.6% Annualized Return Potential

Brazilian integrated energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR), has been a dividend machine of late, paying $5.16 per share in dividends so far in 2022. That’s quite remarkable for a stock that trades...

Forbes Dividend Investor Adding Coterra Energy, Dropping Tyson And GSK

Two important inflation readings last week came in lower than expected and propelled stocks higher on hopes that monthly data showing a deceleration of price increases will temper the fervor of the Fe...

3 International Energy Stocks for Dividends And Growth

International stocks provide terrific companies for U.S.-based investors — including those seeking dividends. A number of international companies are listed on U.S. exchanges making access to th...

This dividend-paying ETF is beating the stock market this year — and its manager expects the ‘euphoria’ recently seen in stocks won’t last

Hi! In this week’s ETF Wrap, you’ll get a look at how Austin Graff, a former PIMCO portfolio manager, is beating the stock market with the TrueShares Low Volatility Equity Income ETF. Please send feed...

Oil prices are down, but energy companies’ earnings estimates keep rising — these stocks are cheap

Oil prices have fallen from a peak earlier this year. But energy companies’ earnings estimates have kept rising on stronger demand and low capital spending. Below is a screen of large-cap oil stocks a...

Squeezing Dividend And Options Premium From Mayo And Ketchup With Kraft Heinz Buy Write

John Dobosz is editor of Forbes Dividend Investor, which provides a weekly portfolio of high-yielding, value-priced income stocks, REITs and MLPs, and Forbes Premium Income Report, which sends out opt...

Four REITS That Pay Monthly Dividends

One of the big advantages of owning certain real estate investment trusts (REITs) over common stock is this: Some pay dividends monthly. Stocks pay dividends quarterly, which is nice, but monthly soun...

10 defensive stocks that can also provide you with growth and dividends over the long term

The S&P 500 Index has rallied 10% since June 22 from a deep decline, but there are different schools of thought about whether investors are out of the woods yet. Mark Hulbert has called the recent...

How To Tap This Rebound For 7% Dividends

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Big Oil Is Paying Out Years of Dividends in One Day

(Bloomberg) — Some oil and gas companies are flush with so much cash that they are paying out a full year’s worth of dividends in a single day — and sometimes more than that. Most Read fro...

8 REITs Paying Huge Dividends Priced Under $10 Per Share

One of the main reasons for investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs) is the kind of dividends many pay. While Treasury bonds are just beginning to catch up with inflation, some REITs offer b...

AMC takes aim at massive debt burden with ‘APE’ special dividend

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. took Wall Street by surprise with the announcement of its “APE” special dividend after market close on Thursday. This, of course, is a company that is no stranger to bo...

New Buyback Tax Will Force Companies to Think Twice on How to Use Cash

In the scrap over how to fund President Joe Biden’s spending plans, the Democrats’ focus has shifted from taxing private funds to public at the last minute. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D., Ariz.) backs dropp...