Healthcare spending doesn’t stop during recessions. That structural reality is the core argument for owning Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT), a pure-play sector fund that has quietly compounded wealth for long-term investors…
The S&P 500 you own through a standard index fund is not as diversified as it looks. The cap-weighted version of the index hands roughly a third of your money to a…
After a career spanning two decades at Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, and Morgan Stanley, I gained an institutional perspective on dividend stock investing. My tenure at these premier Wall Street firms exposed…
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD) costs $6 a year on a $10,000 investment, holds 100 dividend stocks, and currently yields 3.39%. With the Fed funds rate sitting at 3.75% and most…
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK | MRK Price Prediction) has been on a strong recovery run, gaining 23% over the past year and 8% year-to-date, though the stock has pulled back some,…
Joel South Four ETFs, each yielding above 6%, each paying monthly. On a $100,000 investment spread across these funds, the income math works out to more than $6,000 a year before taxes. That kind…
For retirees piecing together income from multiple sources, WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DHS) has become a quiet staple. With over 400 individual holdings and 19 years of uninterrupted monthly distributions, it…
Most dividend investors seek solid passive income streams from quality dividend stocks. Passive income is a steady stream of unearned income that doesn’t require active traditional work. Shared ideas for earning passive…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average includes 30 giant publicly listed companies with U.S. operations. Retirees might not always look to Dow Jones stocks for passive income, but a closer look reveals some…
A giant in the healthcare space, Merck (NYSE:MRK) shares are up 13.5% year-to-date and trading near $119.47, yet retail sentiment on Reddit has slipped from a bullish 63 over the past quarter…
David Beren Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading lower as we wrap up the holiday-shortened week that gave us a little taste of just about everything. While Walmart posted results that beat expectations, its…
New Jersey leads all 50 states in millionaire density, with 9.76% of its households holding a net worth of at least $1 million. Its location between New York City and Philadelphia, a…
Live Updates Here’s why lithium stocks could rocket higher9:14am ETThe lithium story is getting explosive – again. For one, lithium remains one of the most strategically important commodities for the global shift to electrification,…
Merck & Co. reports Q4 2025 earnings on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, before market open. Wall Street expects earnings of $2.01 per share on revenue of $16.12 billion, representing 3.1% year-over-year growth.…
Even suggesting that the Dogs of the Dow could outperform the Magnificent 7 in 2026 seems ludicrous. The Dogs consist of stodgy, beaten-down stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, often mature…
