The key for dividend aristocrats is to have significant competitive advantages that attract customers to a company’s products or services regardless of economic conditions. Having a dominant position in an industry allows for companies to grow their revenue and earnings for long periods of time. This consistent growth, in turn, enables companies to return capital
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So far in 2021, IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock has outperformed stock of cloud czars Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Source: shutterstock.com/LCV Big Blue is still a little bird among the clouds. It opened for trade May 14 at $145.11. That’s a market cap of $128.9 billion on 2020 revenue of $73.8 billion. A 14.5% rise
Thousands of stocks pay dividends, which can make choosing among them difficult, but there are some aspects of dividend stocks that are particularly attractive. One factor that can make a big difference is competitive advantage and leadership in a given industry. In general, larger companies with global dominance are considered safer and typically have more
Despite the heavy economic toll, last year’s recession was one of the shortest in history. Due to quick action by the Federal Reserve, the stock markets have recovered handily from the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the first quarter was marked by intense price momentum for growth stocks. However, despite a pretty quick economic recovery, dividend
The technology sector continues to experience a roller-coaster ride in 2021. If you’re looking to take a breather, some blue-chip dividend stocks may be just the thing your portfolio needs. The U.S. Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:IYW) has lost nearly 46% over the past three months. IYW is higher by roughly 5% dating back to the start
Editor’s Note: This article is a part of our “Top Grad Stocks 2021” series, where our savvy market analysts recommend their best picks for new graduates’ portfolios. Check out “Money Moves for Recent Grads” for more finance advice and click here to see more stocks for your must-buy list. If you’re going to “stock up” on investments
Investors seek high risk-adjusted total returns through share appreciation and dividends. Therefore, long-term equity investing is regarded as the best income and wealth compounding engine available to retail investors. Today’s article introduces seven dividend-paying long-term stocks for retirement portfolios. Over the past 12 months, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 Index, and the
As someone who’s been very bearish on fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) stock, I admit that Fubo’s first-quarter results came in way above my expectations. Source: monticello / Shutterstock.com Still, I remain doubtful about whether Fubo’s service will ever be appealing to the vast majority of consumers. And I think that the company’s extraordinarily high marketing and content
Excitement over its move into lidar sent MicroVision (NASDAQ:MVIS) stock parabolic back in April, but it didn’t last wrong. As the “meme stock” hype around it faded a bit, shares have fallen back to around $14 per share, down from prices above $25 per share. Source: Shutterstock With around 21.5% of its outstanding float sold
As we race out of the global pandemic, is there still a need for the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by biopharmaceutical company Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN)? And what does that mean for OCGN stock? Source: Shutterstock The Malvern, Pennsylvania-based company’s share price has largely been propped up in recent months on excitement related to its proposed vaccine
In my last write-up for Lordstown Motors (NASDAQ:RIDE) stock, I suggested that the company may be overvalued based on economic metrics. Source: Postmodern Studio / Shutterstock.com Specifically, unemployment trends for the construction industry were more negative than the national trend, which suggested that commercial fleet owners would not be willing to open their wallets. Naturally,
Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) is going on a very dangerous journey over the next 12 to 18 months. Amid multiple signs that SPCE stock could very well continue to crash during this trip, I continue to recommend that investors find a way to disembark from Virgin. Source: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com More specifically, past technical issues,
AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) has become famous for its “meme stock” presence. In other words, AMC stock and others have become the go-to short-squeeze names and have become well-known favorites among Reddit traders. Source: rblfmr/Shutterstock.com Earlier this year, we saw an incredible development. Massive short-squeezes across the board had algos, retail traders and others looking to
Turn on business news and chances are, you’ll find more pundits talking about how the craziness in the broader investment market will continue inching forward. But at some point, everybody has to at least start considering stocks to sell. Simply put, the arena is full of both bulls and bears. And the latter may be
Special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deals that looked great in February now look very dicey. Like the effort by Churchill Capital IV (NASDAQ:CCIV) to buy electric car maker Lucid Motors and become LCID. The CCIV stock story highlights the risks in the SPAC phenomenon. Source: Dmitry Demidovich/ShutterStock.com First, you don’t know the merger target. Once
One of my main concerns about Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) stock has been somewhat addressed, at least for the time being. My other major concern about the company is still very much in play. Source: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com I’m no longer extremely worried about the company’s growth in the wake of Palantir’s first-quarter results, but I’m
Early investors in Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) stock have plenty to celebrate. Over the past year, OCGN stock is up over 2,600%. Put another way, the proverbial $1,000 invested in OCGN in May last year would now be worth around $27,000. It is hard to argue with that kind of success. Source: Shutterstock Ocugen was formerly known as
The Hourly View for SRE Currently, SRE (Get Ratings)’s price is down $-0.25 (-0.18%) from the hour prior. This is a reversal of the price action on the previous hour, in which price moved up. Regarding the trend, note that the strongest trend exists on the 50 hour timeframe. The moving averages on the hourly
The Hourly View for PEGA Currently, PEGA (Get Ratings)’s price is down $-0.61 (-0.5%) from the hour prior. This is a reversal of the price action on the previous hour, in which price moved up. As for the trend on the hourly timeframe, we see the clearest trend on the 20 hour timeframe. The moving
The Hourly View for OXY Currently, OXY (Get Ratings)’s price is down $-0.23 (-0.9%) from the hour prior. This is a reversal of the price action on the previous hour, in which price moved up. As for the trend on the hourly timeframe, we see the clearest trend on the 50 hour timeframe. Regarding moving