Feb 14, 2025
Income investors typically focus on stocks with high dividend yields. However, investors with a longer time horizon should also consider dividend growth stocks, as these may provide more income over the long run.
Feb 11, 2025
The average dividend yield in the S&P 500 Index remains low at 1.3%. As a result, income investors should focus on higher-yielding securities if they want additional income from their stock portfolios.
Jan 31, 2025
Retirees who purchase stocks for investment income often have to settle for low yielding stocks. The S&P 500 Index yields just 1.3% right now, on average. However, there are plenty of high dividend stocks that have strong current yields above 4%.
Jan 27, 2025
Intergenerational wealth is created when one's investments provide not only for themselves, but for their children, grandchildren, and beyond.
Jan 21, 2025
The S&P 500 Index is coming off another strong year, rising 23% in 2024. As a result of a long-running bull market, the average dividend yield of the index has come down to just 1.3%. This is not a high enough yield for many retirement investors who desire higher investment...
Jan 20, 2025
Income investors typically focus on stocks with high dividend yields. However, investors with a longer time horizon should also consider dividend growth stocks, as these may provide more income over the long run.
Jan 6, 2025
Most investors are familiar with large-cap stocks like Coca-Cola and IBM. Microcap stocks, on the other hand, are the smallest companies that trade publicly on the stock market.Micro-cap stocks are publicly-traded companies with market capitalizations between $50 million...
Jan 3, 2025
The S&P 500 is coming off a strong year with a 25% year-to-date return. If the market takes a downturn in 2025, investors can attempt to lower their portfolio volatility by reviewing a stock's standard deviation, a common proxy for risk.