Two monthly dividend REITs both raised guidance this year, but one is charging into data centers while the other is pulling back on deals to guard its balance sheet. Which strategy actually…
Some dividends get taxed twice before they reach your pocket, and the IRS takes its cut whether the market is up or down. Four high-yield stocks exist where the right account type…
A fat dividend yield means nothing if the company is borrowing to fund it. These five stocks prove their payouts with cold, hard cash flow numbers that tell a very different story…
Five high-yield dividend stocks can look identical on paper whether they sit inside a Roth or a taxable account, but the tax treatment hiding inside each ticker quietly determines how much of…
Most of what a REIT or business development company pays you is taxed as ordinary income. In the top 37% federal bracket, that means the IRS takes more than a third of…
Wall Street spent years dismissing UPS as a broken dividend story, but a fresh earnings beat changed the conversation. These four NYSE stocks now combine rising cash flow with long payout histories,…
Treasury yields near 5% make dividend stocks work harder to justify their risk, yet five companies spanning tobacco, pipelines, telecom, pharma, and net-lease real estate have kept raising their payouts through every…
Parking six popular dividend stocks in a taxable account quietly hands the IRS a cut of every payout, and one holding in your portfolio is almost certainly the biggest culprit.
Realty Income (NYSE:O) reports third-quarter results, expected Monday, November 2, after the close. With the 10-year Treasury at 5.00%, this report tests whether “The Monthly Dividend Company” can keep growing cash flow…
Swapping one JPMorgan covered call fund for another inside an $820,000 income portfolio adds roughly $9,000 a year, but that extra income comes with conditions most retirees overlook before making the trade.
The amount of capital you need to generate $5,700 a month in dividends can vary by more than a million dollars depending on one decision you make at the start, and that…
Four familiar dividend names have quietly slipped below every valuation benchmark they set over the past decade, yet each still funds its payout from earnings or cash flow. The question is whether…
Wes Moss has raised his retirement happiness target. Moss said during the October 20 Ask An Advisor section of The Clark Howard Podcast that his updated research for The Retire Sooner Method…
Social Security benefits rise 3.6% under the cost-of-living adjustment taking effect in 2027. The raise is applied to the check each retiree already gets, so it helps the benefit keep up with…
The top of the S&P 500 yield table is where income investors go looking first, and it is also where the market prices in its worries. A big yield often signals a…
