Dividend Stocks To Buy?
Double-Digit Dividend Growth For A Decade? This Retailer Is A Star!
It’s been a rough couple of weeks in the stock market. I wish it were up and down – recently it’s just been down! Retail in particular has been getting hammered. The sector’s down almost 15% over the last month. Ouch! But it isn’t all doom and gloom for retailers and their investors. One bright […]
Contrarian Signal Tells Us These 7% Dividends Are Good Buys
Let me say right now that, like most people, I have no idea where the trade tensions we’re living through will end up. But here’s something I will say: Whenever I have any doubt about the future, I look to the 10-year Treasury rate—and I recommend you do the same. And the 10-year rate—pacesetter for rates on […]
Tech Stocks With A Nearly 10% Yield? Tell Me More!
Tech is all over the news. AI, self-driving cars, space exploration, and crypto seem to be the only thing people are talking about! It’s the same tech companies over and over again Nvidia, Tesla, Meta, Google, Amazon… the list goes on! You know the biggest issue I have with tech stocks? They don’t pay dividends. […]
Walmart Just Did Something Only A Dozen Others In Its Sector Have Done
Key Points The retail giant released mixed earnings results for the fourth quarter. Walmart (NYSE:WMT) stock was trending lower on Thursday after the retailer posted fourth quarter earnings that met expectations. However, investors were disappointed with the retail giant’s outlook for the current fiscal year. The stock price was down about 6.5% on Thursday, trading at […]
This “Tariff-Proof” 10.4% Dividend Will Shine In 2025
Contrarians that we are, we know when we hear things that sound like “common wisdom,” we need to look just a little bit deeper. Today, that’s what we’re going to do, with a common refrain we’re hearing a lot—that tariffs will lead to a spike in interest rates. Then we’ll look at a bond play that’s set to benefit […]
Data Centers Lift This Top Performer – And It’s Not An AI Stock
Key Points The stock has averaged a 17% annualized return per year over the past five years. High performance computing data centers have been the main revenue driver for AI stocks like NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Micron (NASDAQ:MU), to name a few. But the emergence of these facilities where massive amounts of data are processed have lifted stocks […]
How Investors Got The AI Selloff All Wrong (And 2 Big Dividends To Play It)
Here’s my take on the DeepSeek selloff we saw last week: It’s a buying opportunity, especially for income investors. (I wrote a bit about this in last Thursday’s article. Since the market has rebounded a bit since, we’re going to talk about it more today. A preview? It’s not too late to buy the dip.) Income Investors: […]
Buy This High-Yield Energy Midstream Stock Before The Next Dividend Hike
The investing public has begun to realize that AI will require a massive buildout of data centers, and those centers will require vast amounts of energy to power their services and keep them cool. For example, a Chat-GPT query requires almost 10 times the power of a Google search. Energy midstream companies provide the gathering, […]
Why Main Street Capital Is The Best BDC
Main Street Capital (MAIN) usually sports the lowest yield and largest premium to NAV. Investors ask me why I recommend Main Street Capital with such a low yield compared to other BDCs and why I am willing to pay such a premium for the shares. As a start, based on its regular monthly dividend, Main Street […]
Albertsons Jacks Up Dividend As Stock Soars Since Failed Merger
Key Points The mega deal with grocery store chain Kroger fell apart in December. Since its failed mega merger with grocery store chain rival Kroger (NYSE:KR), Albertsons (NYSE:ACI) stock has been on a tear. Albertsons stock has jumped about 13% since it merger agreement with Kroger fell apart on December 11. The grocery store chain also raised its quarterly […]
