Dividend Stocks

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) is usually seen as the little brother to Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) in the oil patch. Source: JL IMAGES / Shutterstock.com But just as Target (NYSE:TGT) is outperforming its big brother, Walmart (NYSE:WMT), and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) is outperforming Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), so Chevron is now outperforming its rival thanks to a change in

Should dividend stocks have a place in your portfolio as the market continues to churn? The coronavirus from China is delivering a level of uncertainty that investors despise. Aside from the understandable — if perhaps overstated — health concerns, investors are trying to evaluate the impact on global supply chains. Investment banks JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM),

As we get ready to wrap another rollercoaster week in the markets, I’d like to discuss the outlook for AT&T (NYSE:T) stock. So far in 2020, AT&T stock is down about nearly 5%. In comparison, the S&P 500 index is down around 6%. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com The coronavirus from China outbreak has dominated financial headlines

Anyone want to own a tech stock with a 3.6% yield backed by earnings? Apparently not, because Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) can’t catch a bid. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com The maker of networking gear and software is down almost 17% so far in 2020, due to open March 4 at about $40 per share. At

It’s been a thrilling week for long-term investors and short-term traders alike. And one stock, 3M (NYSE:MMM) has gotten onto both groups’ radars. MMM stock recently hit its lowest level in years, attracting the interest of deep value investors. Meanwhile, its business making face masks to fight contagious diseases has excited the trading crowd. Source: JPstock

Few great companies have had their stocks hit as hard in 2020 as 3M (NYSE:MMM). Source: JPstock / Shutterstock.com The shares are down 15%, after management announced 2019 results that showed just 2% growth and lower profits. While the company’s price-earnings ratio on Feb. 26 is still above 19, the $1.47 per share dividend now

There’s no denying the obvious. Right now, financial markets across the globe are unstable, with the U.S. stock market dropping 3% on back-to-back days in late February (the market has only done that 15 times in the past 80 years). Fortunately, when markets wobble, investors have a simple solution to steady their portfolios — by

You don’t grab a falling knife. But you don’t want to pass up a bargain. The coronavirus from China has revealed a host of potential bargains in the market’s minefield. Let things settle. Wait for a nothing day with the market closing slightly higher, and some (but not all) of the panic to go away.

When the market dips, you want to pick up fast-growing dividend stocks at a bargain. That is what happened this past week. As a result, these five super-fast-growing dividend stocks have become cheap. In putting this article together, I wanted to focus only on stocks whose dividends have grown 20% or faster in the past

Aerospace and defense titan Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is in rarefied air these days. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com The Maryland-based company, which is best known for its fighter jets, military helicopters and advanced missile systems, is in investors’ sweet spot. LMT stock is up nearly 60% since President Donald Trump took office in 2017,

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) stock is biding its time. Everyone, including the company, is waiting for 2021. That’s when huge earnings and cash flow starts to kick in. Source: MICHAEL A JACKSON FILMS / Shutterstock.com Freeport-McMoRan reported lousy earnings for 2019 on Jan. 23. In fact, the copper and gold mining company lost money. Moreover, its free

Democrats are outraged that Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) had to pay “only” $3 billion to settle charges related to its fake accounts scandal. Were that all of it, it would have been a wrist slap. But it’s not. Source: Kristi Blokhin / Shutterstock.com Unlike any bank after the 2008 meltdown, Wells Fargo has had to do

Investing in the energy space has been downright dreadful these past few months and quarters.  Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) is a well-known, well-respected firm that’s been around a long time, but OXY stock has been falling nonetheless. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com In fact, longevity seems to matter very little in the energy space at the

This article discusses five high-yield dividend stocks that have grown their dividends in the past five years and also have low price-to-earnings ratios. In addition, the dividends are well covered by their earnings. This means that each company can afford the high-yield dividends it pays out. Each of these high-yield dividend stocks has a dividend

Since my last article on Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) in mid-December, it has dropped 12.5%. I argued that WFC stock was overvalued and that it had likely peaked. Now I am starting to look more carefully at Wells Fargo. Maybe it is time to start buying again. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com At the time, I

Amid the growing and increasingly competitive fintech space, the tried-and-true credit card company Visa (NYSE: V) keeps chugging along. But there’s a note of caution: Visa stock gave investors a rare double miss when the company reported fourth-quarter earnings last month and fell more than 2% as a result. Source: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com Is

In 2019, S&P 500 companies paid out a record $485 billion in dividends. In 2020, that number’s expected to grow to more than $500 billion. It stands to reason that there will be lots of S&P 500 stocks to buy in the year ahead that will increase their dividends by more than 10% year-over-year.  In

It is never too early or too late, and no one is too young to begin investing. I know this as I began to learn as a small child. I started by learning the basics of how companies issue stock and how stocks are bought and sold on the exchanges. And my learning commenced with

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) will report its earnings for the year ending on Feb. 25. This year Home Depot stock will likely be winner, just like it was in 2019. Source: Helen89 / Shutterstock.com Last year, HD stock rose 21.3% and its total return was 23.81%. This was slightly better than the Dow Jones Industrial Average,

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has basically been flat since August 2019. And that was after it had fallen almost 20% from a five-year peak. That leaves Cisco stock looking very cheap now. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Moreover, CSCO did not please investors with its latest earnings guidance. For example, it reported 12% higher earnings per