In some dividend investors’ minds, there’s no such thing as too much dividend income. Yet often, stocks that carry extremely high dividend yields end up being riskier than many shareholders appreciate, and that can lead to a lot of pain if a company has to cut its dividend in the future. Rather than looking for […]
Oil driller ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) is benefiting from rising oil prices and rewarding investors with dividend hikes. However, the company’s drilling-focused business hasn’t been able to sustain a high dividend in the past, cutting the payment in 2016 amid low oil prices. This suggests that dividend investors will end up disappointed if highly volatile oil prices […]
Asian markets edged higher on Monday, with weekend developments in U.S.-China talks, regarded as positive by analysts on the whole, in the spotlight. Japan’s Nikkei 225 edged up by 0.36 percent in early Monday trade. The Topix dipped in and out of negative territory and was last higher by 0.11 percent, with declines seen in […]
Hedge funds have a reputation for being secretive, so it’s no surprise that investors are eager for a peek at what top investors are holding. Big investors were required to reveal their biggest first-quarter holdings this week when they filed closely tracked 13-F forms with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forms, which are due […]
A closely followed basket of energy stocks hit a nearly three-year high Thursday and could keep rising despite long-term market trends. The Energy Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund — better known by its ticker symbol XLE — rose as high as $78.83 on Thursday. At that level, it’s trading at its highest since June 3, […]
Ocado shares soared nearly 45% on Thursday – adding £1.6bn to the value of the company – after the online grocer unveiled a major push into the US market with a deal to provide its technology to the American grocery giant Kroger, the world’s third largest retailer. Tim Steiner, a founder and chief executive of […]
European stocks on Thursday ended at their highest since late January, as energy stocks tracked oil prices higher and Ocado shares surged after a new partnership agreement to enter the U.S. market. How did markets move? The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +0.66% rose 0.7% to 395.79, its highest close since Jan. 30, according to […]
After CNBC’s Jim Cramer watched the stocks of Micron and Macy’s spark what amounted to a broad-based rally on Wednesday, he knew he’d have to explain how this odd surge occurred. Sometimes, the “Mad Money” host explained, big-picture worries about the bond market, rising oil prices or trade talks can sully market performance and put […]
Morgan Stanley is becoming one of the most cautious major U.S. investment banks, warning that the “easy” market environment that has persisted for years is drawing to a close, and calculating that potential returns for the U.S. stock market are at their lowest level since before the financial crisis. The firm’s view, that it “expects a choppy, […]
Ten-year U.S. Treasury notes are now yielding more than 3%, which makes them more attractive for income-seeking investors than they have been for many years. If you want to shoot for higher yields with dividend stocks, we have applied some stringent criteria to narrow a list. Something to consider is that while 10-year Treasury notes […]
Nvidia is down more than 5 percent from its recent high, but the charts suggest the hot chip stock’s rally is about to resume. According to Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com, Nvidia is one of the few stocks in the market right now worth a buy. He pointed to two bullish technical indicators that lead […]
Here we go again: Treasury yields are spiking, and unsettling the stock market, too. Concerns about higher inflation caused an investor exodus from government bonds on Tuesday. Heavy selling drove the 10-year Treasury yield to 3.093%, the highest since July 2011. The 10-year yield helps determine how much it costs to borrow money, including mortgages, […]
