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Dividend increases aren't exactly coming thick and fast these days. That's what happens in the periods between earnings seasons, when most companies concentrate on performance rather than payouts.

Paul Singer, the founder and head of Elliott Investment Management, is one of the world's most successful and influential activist investors working today.

With a net worth of around $6 billion

The last six weeks have been a stark reminder to investors that stocks do, on occasion, go down in price. Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes fell more than 10% from their all-time highs

The apparel industry is hypercompetitive and participants have to deal with boom and bust cycles, constant new entrants, and changing trends seemingly every year. One sports apparel company has

Even though Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) doesn't pay a dividend, it's clear that CEO Warren Buffett is a big fan of companies that cut investors in on their profits through

For much of the last two-and-a-half years, optimists have been holding the reins on Wall Street. Since bottoming out between late September and mid-October 2022, the Dow Jones Industrial Average

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) aren't in direct competition in terms of their target users or their general objectives. But if you're looking to invest $5,000, it makes more sense to

What a difference a few months can make. Beginning Nov. 6, just hours after Donald Trump had been elected as the 47th president, the mature stock-powered Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:

Are we in a stock market correction or not? The answer seems to change every few days, at least if we're talking about the S&P 500. However, regardless of how much the market is down on any given

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) tracks the performance of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index, which is made up of 500 companies from 11 different sectors of the economy. It's the most

Many companies have de-emphasized paying dividends over the years. That's one reason the dividend yield on the S&P 500 is only around 1.3% these days.

However, several companies offer

Dell (NYSE: DELL) and Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) are leading players in the artificial intelligence (AI) server space. Demand for AI computing has been surging, and each company has been

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) finds itself at a crossroads as it navigates a challenging landscape. Its electric vehicle segment has struggled, and today, the stock trades 33% below its 52-week high

Shares of NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) have risen 350% over the past year. That's an impressive stock advance for a company that loses money and is likely to keep losing money for at least several more

The Nasdaq-100 index features 100 of the largest nonfinancial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. It's home to many of the trillion-dollar tech giants that lead the artificial

Many income investors are looking for a reliable dividend. For the record, it's not uncommon for a dividend-paying company to decrease the amount it pays or to cut its dividend altogether. But in my

Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) is the kind of business that an income investor would be attracted to. Its midstream assets produce reliable, fee-driven cash flows that help support a large and growing

Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID), a fledgling maker of luxury electric vehicles (EVs), has burned a lot of investors since its public debut in July 2021. It initially gained a lot of attention because it

In the U.S., Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) and DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH) dominate the food delivery business. Of the two, DoorDash claims the most market share in online food delivery, placing it far

Of the many emerging technologies on the horizon, the most exciting ones to many investors is electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL).

These vehicles, being developed by companies

With the S&P 500 down five of the last six weeks, investors seem to fearing the worst.

The broad-market index is on the verge of a correction, consumer confidence is plummeting, and President Donald

At this point in the artificial intelligence (AI) story, should I buy or sell Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA)? That question has been crossing the minds of many investors in recent times. And for good reason

As it turns out, President Donald Trump wasn't bluffing about imposing tariffs on imported cars. On Wednesday the White House announced any carmaker looking to bring a new vehicle into the United

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) are two of the popular stocks among individual investors, but the hedge fund billionaires listed below sold one and bought the other in the fourth

It's good to have a healthy dose of skepticism, especially today on April Fools' Day. If something seems to be too good to be true, it might be a trap trying to get you to fall for a joke.

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