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Investing
Pepsi Is in Bigger Trouble Thank You Think
Coca-Cola’s (NYSE: KO | KO Price Prediction) stock is up 38% this year. The S&P is up 12%. Pepsi’s (NYSE: PEP) stock is down 7%. The apparent reason is that KFC replaced…
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7:45am ET
Investing
4 Dividend Kings Retirees Can Buy and Hold Forever: Safe Income for the Next 60 Years
Four companies have raised their dividends every single year for decades, but one of them is now paying out nearly every dollar it earns, leaving almost no room for error if business…
2:45pm ET
Investing
Warren Buffett Has Held Coca-Cola for Decades. Here’s What $1,000 in the Stock Since 1999 Is Worth Today
Berkshire Hathaway has held Coca-Cola since the late 1980s, but what happened to an ordinary investor who bought in at the turn of the millennium tells a more complicated story about patience,…
1:45pm ET
Investing
5 Dividend Stocks for Investors Who Want Income Without the Market’s Wild Swings
Soda, toothpaste, phone service, electricity, and prescription drugs all share one trait: people keep buying them when the economy turns ugly. Five companies built their businesses around that reality, and the way…
11:13am ET
Personal Finance
A $140,000 Salary, Replaced by Dividends: Here’s the Portfolio Size
Replacing a six-figure salary with passive dividend income sounds straightforward until you realize your yield choice could mean the difference between needing $1.2 million or $4 million in the bank.
12:45pm ET
Investing
In 1919, A Small-Town Florida Banker Told Farmers And Widows To Buy Coca-Cola Stock At $40 A Share. Decades Later, Quincy, Florida Was Reportedly One Of The Richest Towns In America
A small-town Florida banker spent decades pressing farmers and widows to sink their savings into a single soft drink stock, and what happened to Quincy, Florida over the next century is a…
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Investing
In 1918, Milton Hershey Quietly Put About $60 Million In Stock Into A Trust. Over 100 Years Later, That Trust Still Exists And Holds About $23.6 Billion In Assets. Wealthy Donors Still Use A Similar Strategy, And The Legal Work To Set One Up Starts At A Few Thousand Dollars
A childless candy maker secretly handed his fortune to orphans in 1918, and the legal structure he chose still controls one of America's biggest snack companies today. Wealthy donors quietly use a…
9:20am ET
Investing
The Stocks That Will Get Investors Home Safe When Tech Cracks
When tech stocks crack, most investors discover too late that their portfolios were far more concentrated than they realized. Jim Cramer and others are pointing to a handful of quiet winners that…
9:10am ET
Investing
KFC Is Dumping Pepsi for Coca-Cola After 40 Years
After 40 years of pouring Pepsi, KFC chose Coke, and the move says something bigger about where each beverage giant stands heading into earnings season.
2:45pm ET
Investing
5 Dividend Stocks That Turn Everyday Shopping Habits Into Retirement Income
Some of the most boring products in your grocery cart have quietly funded dividend streaks stretching back decades, and five companies selling those exact staples are still raising payouts even as their…
10:45am ET
Investing
Money Market Funds vs. Dividend Stocks: Where Retirement Income Actually Belongs
The money market fund yields more right now, the dividend stock has raised its payout for 63 straight years, and taxes treat them completely differently. Knowing which one actually belongs in your…
9:15am ET
Investing
How to Turn $500,000 Into a Lazy $16,500 Yearly Passive Income Stream
Retirees watching CD rates scrape bottom and Treasury coupons lock in for a decade have a third option hiding in plain sight inside the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and it requires owning…
5:22pm ET
Personal Finance
Retiring at 56 on $5,950 a Month for Life: The Portfolio Size Most People Guess Wrong
Most people reach for the 4% rule when they picture retiring at 56 on nearly $6,000 a month, but that rule answers a completely different question than a dividend portfolio does, and…
2:45pm ET
Investing
Coca-Cola Has Raised Dividends for 63 Years. Can It Make It Another Decade?
Coca-Cola has handed income investors a bigger check every year for six decades, but last year its dividend bill outpaced its free cash flow by billions. Whether that gap signals trouble or…
8:45am ET
Investing
PepsiCo Stock Has Fallen Out of Favor. That Could Create an Opportunity
PepsiCo sits near a 52-week low after a brutal guidance cut, yet its international business keeps firing on all cylinders while the stock trades at a steep discount to its closest rivals.…
