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Own This Cigarette Stock Or Treasuries?
The 5-year U.S. Treasury yield stands at 5.04%. Arguably, U.S. sovereign debt is the safest investment in the world. A bit of doubt has crept in as U.S. debt topped $40 trillion.…
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8:41am ET
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Don’t Look Now: 4 S&P 500 Giants Pay 6% and Higher Dividends
Most investors settle for the S&P 500's average 1.3% yield without realizing a handful of index giants quietly pay four times that amount, and a few of them have raised their dividends…
1:25pm ET
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These 6 High-Yield Dividends May Be Too Good to Be True
A fat dividend yield can signal a screaming buy or a slow-motion disaster, and the difference hides in coverage math most investors never check. Six well-known names are flashing the exact warning…
9:28am ET
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High-Yield Dividend Stocks Throw Off Serious Income. Where You Hold Them Matters
Where you park a high-yield dividend stock can quietly cost you thousands in taxes every single year, and REITs and MLPs carry the steepest penalty of all for investors sitting in the…
8:47am ET
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4 Tobacco Stocks Turning Huge Cash Flow Into High-Yield Dividends
Tobacco companies spend almost nothing on new equipment yet generate billions in cash, and a handful of US-listed names funnel that surplus straight into shareholder pockets through yields that most sectors cannot…
8:35am ET
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One of These Dividend Kings Pays Out More Than It Earns. Which Dividend Is Safer?
Two Dividend Kings with 50-plus years of consecutive raises have reported earnings, and one of them is funding its payout in a way that should raise eyebrows. The question is whether that…
1:38pm ET
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British American Tobacco vs Altria: Which High-Yield Dividend Stock Is the Better Buy
Altria and British American Tobacco both flood retirement accounts with cash, but the tobacco giant pulling ahead on growth, valuation, and smokeless momentum is not the one with 60 consecutive dividend raises.
9:25am ET
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How a Roth IRA Can Keep Thousands More of Your High-Yield Dividend Income Compounding
Where you hold a high-yield dividend stock matters almost as much as which one you pick, and for ordinary-income payers like BDCs and REITs, the wrong account quietly erodes a portion of…
10:17am ET
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4 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Worth Having in Your Roth IRA
Roth IRAs let dividends compound tax-free forever, which makes them the ideal wrapper for names that spit out ordinary-income distributions taxed at your marginal rate outside the account. The four below yield…
12:41pm ET
Investing
Altria’s Dividend Paradox: Raising Payouts While Cigarette Sales Plummet
Altria keeps raising its dividend even as Americans smoke fewer cigarettes every year, and the math behind that trick depends entirely on one metric that is starting to wobble.
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5 Stocks Yielding More Than 5%. What You’re Actually Trading for That Income
Five NYSE-listed dividend stocks are promising yields above 5%, but each one hides a specific structural catch that most income investors overlook until it costs them. Knowing the tradeoff before you buy…
12:12pm ET
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The Dividend Stocks That Generate $6,400 Tax-Free Inside a Roth (And What They Cost You in a Taxable Account)
Holding high-yield dividend stocks like BDCs and REITs in the wrong account silently erases hundreds of dollars every year, and most investors never see it happening until they run the actual numbers.
8:47am ET
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The 10-Year Treasury Pays Nearly 5% These 6 Dividend Stocks Still Pay More
Treasury yields are making income investors work harder than they have in years, and most dividend stocks no longer clear the bar. Six still do, but yield alone is the easy part…
8:00am ET
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1 of These Companies Raised Its Dividend for 50+ Consecutive Years. All 3 Are Still Buys
One name in this trio has raised its dividend every single year since 1974, but the other two still make a compelling case for your income portfolio despite very different risks lurking…
7:47am ET
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How Much Dividend Income Can You Buy With $250,000?
A $250,000 rollover sounds like a clean starting point until you realize yield alone is not the whole story, and only one name on this roster actually clears the current Treasury rate.…