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We’ve heard numerous times that the stock market isn’t looking too hot, especially going into 2019. Many top fund managers, investors, and CEOs believe have expressed concerns over the...

Stock markets around the world have been on a downhill slide this month with no end in sight. Top economists and traders have been sounding the alarm for months on an economic downturn. Well known...

For investors getting nervous by the market’s rising volatility in recent weeks, high-yield dividend stocks might offer some shelter from the storms. Stocks with high dividend payouts provide a...

Railroads are often a good barometer for the health of the economy. When the economy is performing well, demand for goods usually increases which in turn leads to higher shipment of products. Demand...

High-quality dividend stocks can produce market-beating returns over the long-term. For evidence of this, consider the outperformance of the Dividend Aristocrats, a group of stocks in the S&P 500...

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is the undisputed leader in the social media industry. The company, which was founded in 2004, has since grown to one of the world’s largest by market capitalization and in...

The 2018 holiday shopping season is looking to be the biggest one yet. Deloitte’s annual holiday economic forecast projects total retail sales will increase somewhere between 5.0 to 5.6 percent,...

The lithium mining and battery industry has enjoyed increasing attention from investors and the financial media in recent years. There is good reason for this, as the industry has experienced rapid...

Compass Minerals International Inc (NYSE:CMP) is the world’s largest producer of salt, and they’re also a significant plant nutrition mineral producer.Specifically, here’s the...

Traditionally, the tech sector has not been a source of dividend stocks. Many tech companies, particularly those at earlier stages of their development, do not pay dividends at all. Instead, they...

Growth stocks tend to get most of the attention in bull markets, such as the nearly uninterrupted stock market rally over the past 10 years. But with the stock market showing signs of weakening,...

The recent weakness in Gold and gold mining stocks is not over. In fact, we are worried about another leg down getting underway.If that comes to pass, we are positioned to profit from it. But I...

Investors looking to add healthcare stocks to their portfolio typically buy a pharmaceutical company like Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) or Pfizer (NYSE:PFE). But investors can also gain exposure to...

When it comes to dividend stocks, investors usually have to choose between low-yield stocks with high dividend growth, and stocks with high yields but low dividend growth. Only in rare instances does...

Most dividend stocks make their payouts to shareholders on a quarterly schedule. But some companies choose to pay dividends once per year, or semi-annually. In rarer cases, companies pay dividends...

Dividend yield is one of the most commonly utilized financial ratios for income investors. It is also one of the easiest to calculate. The current dividend yield is simply the annual dividend payment...