Treasury yields near a one-year high are punishing most dividend stocks, but a handful of Dividend Kings kept signing bigger checks every single quarter without missing a beat. The question is whether their balance sheets can keep that streak alive.
The XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) price trades at $1.41, down 50% in the twelve months to September 5, while Zcash (CRYPTO:ZEC) has climbed 2,361% over the same period and cleared $1,000 for the first time on September 4. Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) is also down 28% over the year at $79,657, so two…
Altrata’s latest billionaire census reveals a concentration of wealth at the very top that has shifted faster in two years than in the previous decade combined, and the mechanism driving it runs straight through a stock market most ordinary investors already own.
Conagra and Campbell’s already made their moves, but several other legacy food giants are sending quieter signals that income investors have learned to recognize too late. Three warning patterns separate a frozen payout from the next cut.
Three household income names blended into a single portfolio promise a quiet monthly paycheck, but one just cut its distribution, another carries a tax trap most investors miss, and the principal you think you are protecting may already be moving.
Ripple signed a multi-year partnership with University of Florida Athletics that places the XRP logo on the field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium beginning with the September 5 game against Florida Atlantic. Neither party disclosed a value, though the deal is reportedly worth $5 mil…
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Five stocks cleared 52-week highs this week: Dell topped its prior peak by 6% at $524.14, with Snowflake close behind at 5.7%. Box, Pfizer and Chevron rounded out the list with narrower breakouts.
Alphabet lifted its quarterly payout 4.8% to $0.22, its second raise in the two years since it started paying at all. A company spending heavily on AI infrastructure is still committing more cash to shareholders.
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General Motors raised its quarterly payout 20% to $0.18, a cash-flow vote of confidence through the EV spending cycle. The appeal here is the raise trajectory rather than the income. The ex-date is today.
