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Are You Looking for a High-Growth Dividend Stock?
Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does Axis Capital (AXS) have what it takes? Let’s find out.
Motley Fool
3 High-Yielding Dividend Stocks That May Hike Their Payouts in the Next 2 Years
Investing in a top dividend stock should involve more than just looking at which one has a high yield today. With increasing yields, that means you will be collecting more in dividend income than you are right now, which gives you an incentive to buy and hold. Three high-yielding dividend stocks that analysts believe could make significant increases to their payouts over the next two years are Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Tapestry (NYSE: TPR), and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK).
Motley Fool
2 Growth Stocks Down 55% and 94% That Billionaires Keep Buying
Investors turned bearish as the economy weakened in the first half of the year, setting the stock market on a downward trajectory. Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies added to his stake in Upstart Holdings (NASDAQ: UPST) in the second quarter, and Philippe Laffont of Coatue Management started a position. Meanwhile, Ken Griffin of Citadel Advisors and Israel Englander of Millennium Management bought more shares of Elastic (NYSE: ESTC).
The Wall Street Journal
For Shell’s Priorities, Follow the Money
A big, green step forward seems likely under the new CEO, but for the company’s true priorities, investors should watch its spending.
Insider Monkey
10 Monthly Dividend Stocks with Highest Yields
In this article, we discuss 10 monthly dividend stocks with highest yields. You can skip our detailed analysis of dividend stocks and their performance in the current market environment, and go directly to read 5 Monthly Dividend Stocks with Highest Yields. The volatile stock market has brought dividend stocks into the limelight this year. Investors […]
American City Business Journals
Lloyd Howell is retiring as Booz Allen Hamilton’s CFO
McLean management and IT consulting giant Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. (NYSE: BAH) said Wednesday that CFO Lloyd Howell will retire at the end of the year and that he will be replaced by Matthew Calderone, currently the company’s chief strategy officer. Calderone will take the CFO role on Oct. 1, while Howell, who first joined Booz Allen in 1988, will remain in his executive vice president role through the end of the year to assist with the transition. Calderone joined Booz Allen in 2000 as a management consultant and worked with CEO Horacio Rozanski on the company’s Vision 2020 strategy, which shifted the 108-year-old firm’s focus to emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and data analytics.
Zacks
5 Dividend Growth Stocks to Buy Cheap
Boise Cascade (BCC), Triton International (TRTN), TotalEnergies (TTE), McKesson (MCK) and RCI Hospitality (RICK) seem compelling cheap picks amid volatility.
TipRanks
How Can I Protect My Portfolio? Here Are 2 ‘Strong Buy’ Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 8%
According to the latest CPI (consumer-price index) report, U.S. inflation cooled down slightly from July but not enough to appease the markets. Overall prices rose by 8.3% from the same period a year ago, slowing down from July’s 8.5% uptick and further down from June’s 40-year high showing of 9.1%. On a monthly basis, after plateauing in July, consumer prices rose by 0.1%. As the expectation was for a rise of 8.1% over last year and a drop of 0.1% compared to last month, the markets did what th
Barrons.com
Short-Term Bonds Yield 4%. Why They Could Beat Cash.
A rising interest-rate environment typically pressures bond prices, which move inversely to yields. But this could be a good entry point for short-term bonds.
Reuters
Analysis-Despite U.S. inflation’s bite, Democratic voters are energized for midterms
The unexpected rise in inflation reported on Tuesday was an unwelcome blow for President Joe Biden’s Democrats, but a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Democratic voters just as enthusiastic as their Republican counterparts, pointing to a potentially close contest in November’s elections. Republicans remain favored to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives – with the Senate on a knife-edge – amid widespread dissatisfaction with Biden’s presidency and months of sharp price increases that the poll showed remain the top concern for Republican and Democratic voters alike. The results of a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, however, show Democrats appear just as eager to vote as Republicans, running counter to expectations that a weak economy would depress enthusiasm in the president’s party, said Daron Shaw, an expert on polling and elections at the University of Texas at Austin.
MarketWatch
3 ways retirees can make the most of their money in an unpredictable market
When stock market volatility and inflation persist, smart retirees seek ways to make the most of their money. “Even when the seas are rough, there are always little, tiny things you can do,” says certified financial planner Andrew Feldman, founder of AJ Feldman Financial, based in the Chicago area. “Rather than trying to squeeze more returns in a period like this, it’s better to reduce your expenses,” says Daniel Lee, director of financial planning and advice at BrightPlan, a financial wellness benefit provider based in San Jose, Calif.
TheStreet.com
Pay Attention to the Bond Market for an ‘All-Sell’ Signal
There is always a collective groan in the classroom when the teacher turns the lesson to a subject that no student likes. In that vein, sorry, but I need to talk about the bond market today. It has been absolutely awful this year.
The Wall Street Journal
Justice Department Sues to Block $4.3 Billion Home Security Merger
The Justice Department on Thursday filed an antitrust lawsuit challenging a planned $4.3 billion deal in which leading lockmaker Assa Abloy AB is seeking to acquire a U.S. rival. The civil lawsuit, filed in a federal court in the District of Columbia, seeks to block the Swedish company’s planned acquisition of Spectrum Brands Holdings home improvement division. Spectrum Brands sells Kwikset-branded locks and Pfister-branded faucets, among other household items.
Reuters
CVC selling Asian funeral business Nirvana, seeks as much as $2 billion -sources
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is selling Malaysian funeral services provider Nirvana Asia Ltd in a deal that could fetch up to $2 billion, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The sale process, which is being run by Morgan Stanley, has entered its second round of bids, two of the people said. Suitors in the second round are mostly strategic buyers based outside Asia, said one of the people and a separate person with knowledge of the deal.
