Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) stock has managed to grind higher. Volatile trading in QCOM stock in 2019 has been no surprise: news surrounding the stock has been frequent, and important. Of late, that news has been mostly positive, allowing Qualcomm stock to rise. Source: jejim / Shutterstock.com But at this point, it certainly looks like the easy
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With the major indices scoring a fairly strong September, recession fears may have subsided for some. Plus, certain metrics for the U.S. economy appear healthy, suggesting that the bears are overplaying their hand. Thus, loading up on dividend stocks to buy for a coming downturn seems unnecessary. Of course, I don’t have a crystal ball:
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) stock hasn’t exactly been a barn-burner this year, up only 7%. Much of its recent gains came from the recent spike in oil prices due to the Saudi oil field attacks. Source: Michael Gordon / Shutterstock.com This conflict is good for XOM stock. Most of its earnings come from its upstream operations
InvestorPlace columnist Mark Hake recently argued that Ford (NYSE:F) might not be able to afford to pay its 15-cent quarterly dividend on Ford stock. Source: r.classen / Shutterstock.com As part of Hake’s argument, he pointed to the suspension of the special dividend as an indication that Ford’s free cash flow isn’t keeping up with its
Over the past five years, shares of logistics giant FedEx (NYSE:FDX) have gone essentially nowhere. That is, in September 2014, FedEx stock was $160. Source: Shutterstock Today, in September 2019, FDX stock trades hands at $170. Thus, over the past five years, FDX has barely nudged higher while the S&P 500 is up more than
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock has done very well this year, up almost 35% so far. MSFT stock is still reasonably priced despite the stock rise. Its forward price-to-earnings ratio is at 23 times. MSFT stock sports a healthy 1.34% dividend as well. Source: Shutterstock Investors may not know that one of the main reasons for MSFT
When you’re a big company, you need to think big in order to keep on growing. That was the thought process behind AT&T’s (NYSE:T) moves into becoming not only a distributor of content but a creator of one as well. As wireless adoption slowed, T needed to significantly move the needle to continue making investors
Whether it’s through stocks, bonds, ETFs, or other types of securities, all investors love seeing their portfolios score big returns. However, for income investors, the primary focus is generating consistent cash flow from every liquid investment. Dividend stocks can meet that criteria. That cash flow can come from bond interest, interest from other types of
Getting big returns from financial portfolios, whether through stocks, bonds, ETFs, other securities, or a combination of all of them, is investors’ dream. However, for income investors, the primary focus is generating consistent cash flow from every liquid investment.One way to accomplish that goal is investing in dividend stocks. Source: Shutterstock While cash flow can
[Editor’s note: “9 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy for Every Investor” was previously published in July 2019. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] No matter where we are in the economic cycle, it’s always good to remind ourselves of what worked and what didn’t. In 2017, Wall Street forecast
The Ford (NYSE:F) stock price has fallen 10% from its recent peak in mid-July since the company reported its earnings for the second quarter. Ford stock looks like it might be a bargain. After all, the annual 60-cents-per-share dividend yields 6.3% and the forward price-to-earnings ratio is 6.8x. But a closer look at the F
There’s a nice bull case for Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) at the moment. Earnings are set to grow at a nice clip going forward. Exxon stock pays an attractive dividend. Downstream and chemical operations provide a hedge to oil price weakness. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com Indeed, XOM stock has rallied nicely since touching a 2019
As a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) stock gets a lot of attention due to its high dividend yield, which is currently about 4.5%. In 2019, IBM was ranked by Forbes magazine as the world’s twentieth most valuable brand. Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com Year-to-date, IBM stock is up about 27%. Now may
International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) stock has begun a new chapter. With the integration of Red Hat into the fold, the company has the opportunity to renew itself as years of stagnation within legacy businesses has weighed on the equity. Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com However, buying Red Hat has added to strain on the balance sheet
If you were thinking about investing in it, IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock looks fairly cheap right now. Its dividend yield is now very high at 4.6%, assuming its $6.48 annual rate stays unchanged. And now that IBM’s $34 billion purchase of Red Hat has closed, the dividend is looking even more secure. Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com
There’s a reasonably obvious value case for IBM (NYSE:IBM). IBM stock trades at barely 10x 2020 EPS estimates. Its dividend yields 4.75%. Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com Both figures are among the cheapest in all of tech. And they suggest that IBM has room to rally if the company can simply provide stable results. With Red
When it comes to U.S. automaker Ford (NYSE:F), you have a stock which, for five years now, has been in a secular decline. Many investors expect this weakness in Ford stock to persist for the foreseeable future, as the auto market continues to shrink with the rise of the sharing economy and as Ford loses
[Editor’s note: “6 Safe Dividend Stocks to Buy Now” was previously published in June 2019. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] From continuing concerns about the China-U.S. trade war to worries about the yield curve inversion, the stock market still faces many steep risks. America’s political situation hasn’t been
International Business Machines (NASDAQ:IBM) has been a big, fat dud. Shares of Big Blue are down 8% in the past year, 15% in the past three years and 30% over the past five years. The performance of IBM stock is a major drag compared to big tech and the stock market overall. Source: JHVEPhoto /
General Motors (NYSE:GM) has seen off, for now, the danger of Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) overtaking it as America’s most valuable car company. But GM stock and the company’s financial results have barely budged since Mary Barra became CEO five years ago. The company also faces a host of new problems, including a president who seems determined