Back in January, we took a deep look into three groups of Dividend Aristocrat stocks to show which ones had increased their payouts most significantly over the past five years. Now it is time for a fo...
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Rio Tinto profit slumps 41% to $12.42 billion, cuts shareholder payouts after iron and copper prices fell
Rio Tinto PLC reported a 41% fall in net profit for 2022 and cut its payout to shareholders, reflecting a downswing in iron ore and copper prices. The world’s second-biggest miner RIO, -1.16% RIO, +1....
Tesla may get into the lithium-mining business, and these stocks are cratering
Tesla Inc. TSLA, -5.25% reportedly is on the prowl for its own lithium-mining company, and losses are piling up for the stocks of lithium producers. Shares of Albemarle Corp. ALB, -6.22% were down mor...
Albemarle, Lithium Stocks Beat the Market for Years. Until Now.
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14 dividend stocks that rose 100% or more in 5 years as the payouts doubled
In basketball, a double-double is a combination of at least 10 or more of the following in a game: points scored, rebounds, assists, blocked shots or steals. For dividend stocks, you might find a scre...
Cleveland-Cliffs Stock Falls After Earnings Beat Estimates. Here’s Why.
Steel maker Cleveland-Cliffs had a tough finish to the year as prices for its products fell. Still, quarterly results came in better than expected, but investors Tuesday weren’t giving the company muc...
This nearly 150-year-old fund hasn’t cut its dividend since 1938. Here are the stocks it likes, and four it doesn’t.
Markets are stuck, as evidenced by Thursday’s session in which early gains were met with closing losses. There really wasn’t a rhyme or reason to it, with Tuesday’s CPI report likely the North Pole to...
Opinion: Central banks are buying gold at the fastest rate in half a century
Here’s another reason why it may not be completely insane to add some gold bullion to your 401(k) or retirement account. Central banks are stocking up. Three economists—Serkan Arslanalp and Chima Simp...
Could Apple WiFi chips just be a ploy to get a better deal from Broadcom?
Broadcom Inc. shares fell Tuesday following reports that Apple Inc. was working on its own radiofrequency (RF) chips, but one analyst wondered whether those plans would get shelved if the chip maker o...
These 15 Dividend Aristocrat stocks have been the best income builders
The S&P Dividend Aristocrats deserve more coverage. Those are companies that have raised their dividend payouts consistently over the years — they’re dividend royalty, as it were. As a group, they...
Macy’s Warns Consumers Will Be Pressured in 2023. Retail Shares Are Slipping.
Macy’s stock fell on Friday after the department store said fourth-quarter sales would come in at the low to middle end of its guidance, and warned that consumers will be pressured in 2023. Macy’s (t...
Piedmont Lithium Stock Is Soaring After Amended Tesla Deal
Lithium-mining start up Piedmont Lithium and electric-vehicle giant Tesla have amended a deal that will give Tesla greater domestic supply of the metal that goes into EV batteries. Tuesday, Piedmont (...
Freshpet and Peabody Energy Stock See Action From Activist Investors
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Nucor, CVS, and 11 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends This Week
Eli Lilly Amgen Nucor and Franklin Resources were among the many companies that declared dividend increases this week. Eli Lilly (ticker: LLY) declared a quarterly payout of $1.13 a share, an increase...
SEC alleges $100 million stock manipulation scheme via social media
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against eight individuals who allegedly earned $100 million via stock manipulation. Charges were filed against social-media users including E...
Broadcom refuses to provide full-year outlook, cites limited visibility as it ‘scrubs’ backlog
Broadcom Inc. late Thursday gave Wall Street analysts quarterly earnings and an outlook that topped consensus estimates, hiked its dividend and recommitted to share buybacks, yet analysts kept asking ...
10 Dividend Aristocrat stocks expected by analysts to rise up to 54% in 2023
Stocks of companies that raise dividends consistently have outperformed during this year’s bear market. Below is a screen showing which stocks are analysts’ favorites for next year among an expanded l...
Why Splunk Stock Is Worth a Look
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Opinion: Quality and high dividends set these five semiconductor stocks apart from rivals
It’s been a tough year in the stock market, but reserve some empathy for semiconductor investors. The iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX, +2.20% is down 40.5% this year, compared with 19.6% for the benchm...
Bernstein launches coverage of Canada’s Tilray, Cronos and Canopy Growth but stops short of any buy ratings
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analyst Nadine Sarwat initiated coverage of three Canadian cannabis stocks on Wednesday but stopped short of any buy recommendations at current levels. “Is the buzz gone...
TuSimple Stock Plummets as Self-Driving Start-Up’s CEO Is Removed
Shares of the self-driving truck technology company TuSimple are tumbling as investors weigh a surprise management change. Monday, TuSimple (ticker: TSP) said it has terminated CEO Dr. Xiaodi Hou beca...
Here Are the 12 Best Performing Tech Stocks
Text size Activision Blizzard is one of a handful of tech stocks down less than 15% from their latest peak. Rich Polk/Getty Images for Activision It’s been a brutal year for stocks in general, but tec...
13 Investment Moves to Pump Out Income as Interest Rates Rise
Text size The Federal Reserve building in Washington. Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg Interest rates have further to rise amid persistent inflation, while the labor market remains too strong for its own good. ...
Why This Top Mid-Cap Manager Still Likes Tech Stocks
Alger Mid Cap Focus fund manager Amy Zhang. Photograph by Clark Hodgin Text size Mid-cap companies are usually defined as having a market capitalization of $2 billion to $10 billion, but Amy Zhang pre...
Broadcom CEO defends optimistic ‘true demand’ outlook as PC, smartphone sales slide
Broadcom Inc.’s chief executive on Thursday defended his positive outlook that end-market demand is “solid” for the rest of the year as Wall Street analysts questioned that optimism amid a cooling of ...
The bear market in stocks has a long way to go, this money manager warns. Here are the 2 strategic moves he’s making.
As if everyone isn’t tense enough, bubble expert Jeremy Grantham is warning that we’re in the last throes of a superbubble that’s about to burst. (In fairness, he’s been crash calling for roughly a de...
Alcoa Has a Plan for Zero Emissions. Buy the Stock While It’s a Bargain.
The outlook for aluminum is brightening, and so are the prospects for Alcoa, probably the best pure play on the versatile and light metal—and a cheap one. Alcoa stock (ticker: AA) looks like a bargain...
VMware beats on earnings as it awaits Broadcom acquisition approval
VMware Inc.’s profit declined less than expected in the second quarter, as the software company awaits approval for an acquisition by chip maker Broadcom Inc. VMware VMW, +2.31% on Thursday reported s...
Fed heroics or no, the S&P 500 level is destined for a retest of lows. These are the levels to watch, says this strategist
In the words of the great Bonnie Tyler: “He’s gotta be sure, and it’s gotta be soon, and he’s gotta be larger than life.” The hero this market is holding out for is Fed Chair Jerome Powell, and he’s t...
Five Chinese Companies Say They Plan to Delist From the New York Stock Exchange
Five Chinese state-owned companies said they intend to delist their American depositary shares from the New York Stock Exchange, as financial regulators in Beijing and Washington remain at loggerheads...
Broadcom loses top software exec in the middle of VMware deal to head combined Citrix-Tibco company
Broadcom Inc.’s head of software Tom Krause is leaving the company in the middle of a $61 billion software acquisition he helped bring about, which analysts called “a surprise” and “not the greatest o...
This stock strategy is attracting lots of money. Here are its top 10 picks.
Following a year in which a rapid rise in interest rates caused stock and bond prices to tumble, investors are focusing on quality. One way to do this is to look at free cash flow — and doing so might...