The S&P 500 is up about 10% this year, yet 80% of that gain comes from technology stocks, many of which are tied to artificial intelligence. With interest rates and energy prices…
Our PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP | PEP Price Prediction) thesis starts with a number: the 24/7 Wall St. price target for Pepsi is $168.86, against a current price of $138.68. That implies 21.76% upside…
Vandita Jadeja PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP | PEP Price Prediction) just hiked its dividend for the 54th straight year and beat Q1 estimates, putting it squarely back in dividend-investor chatter as consumer staples wobble through another…
Turning a $50,000 income stream into a $100,000 income stream sounds like it should require another million dollars, a lucky stock pick, or a second career. Sometimes it requires none of those…
The SNPD ETF (NYSEARCA:SNPD) takes a narrower path than the standard Dividend Aristocrats index. Instead of requiring 25 years of consecutive dividend hikes, SNPD uses a 10-year minimum dividend growth screen to…
Most retirees treat cruise fares like an occasional splurge funded from cash on hand or a withdrawal from the portfolio. There is another way to frame the same expense: build an income…
For many investors, real estate seems like the default path to passive income. Buy a rental, collect the checks, repeat. In reality, many landlords discover they have purchased a second job, complete…
The headline number for this article is $180, and I want to address it head on before anyone scrolls further. Our proprietary 24/7 Wall St. price target for PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP | PEP…
Vandita Jadeja Three Dividend Aristocrats, three different setups. PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP | PEP Price Prediction) trades at $146.12 and screens as the most attractive of the three. Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) at $80.28 looks fully valued. Procter…
Earned income disappears the moment you stop showing up. Dividend income does not. That asymmetry is why so many investors over the past two years have shifted serious capital into companies that…
The 10-year Treasury at 4.48% has made every dividend payer fight for capital. PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP | PEP Price Prediction), the global snack and beverage giant behind Pepsi, Lay’s, Gatorade, and Doritos,…
Alex Sirois A $50,000 dividend income stream looks unimpressive next to a $100,000 high-yield payout. Twenty years later, the comparison may look very different. That is the entire case for dividend growth investing. The…
Replacing $36,000 a year in income is roughly equivalent to generating the cash flow from a maximum Social Security benefit for a single retiree, or about $3,000 a month before taxes. A…
Five Dividend Aristocrats with streaks ranging from 54 to 70 consecutive years of payout hikes are currently trading below Wall Street’s consensus price targets, and four of the five just beat their…
A combined household income of $110,000 is close to the national norm for a two-earner household. For a 56-year-old couple hoping to retire at age 60 and fund their lifestyle entirely through…
