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What most dividend investors want are reliable income streams from well-run companies. Those are easier to find in some sectors, like consumer staples, than others, like energy. This can lead to

There's one very big reason some income-focused investors might want to buy mortgage real estate investment trust (mREIT) AGNC Investment (NASDAQ: AGNC). That would be its astonishingly high 14%

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) has a bright future. The oil and natural gas giant has lots of potential to grow in the coming years, and one big driver of that growth will be its recently closed acquisition of

Shares of Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) rallied 5% on Tuesday as oil prices rose.

One of Warren Buffett's two favorite oil companies along with Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Occidental was rising along

If you're looking for a broad stock market investment that will also deliver dividend income to you, you might want to consider the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT: VTI). It's an

The energy market is having a down year. Crude oil prices have cooled off on concerns about slowing demand and increased supplies from OPEC. These and other factors have weighed on most energy

Index funds let investors build diversified portfolios without needing to research and select individual stocks, which can be a time-consuming endeavor for even the most experienced traders.

The energy sector is a great spot to find high-quality, high-yielding dividend stocks. It has the highest dividend yield in the S&P 500 index at 3.4%, nearly three times higher than the index

Some investors look for stocks that have good growth potential, while others look for stocks that can provide consistent income. It's not always an either-or thing as some stocks have proven to do

Dividend yields of under 3% are everywhere. Stocks yielding 5% or more are a bit tougher to find, but there are still hundreds to choose from. However, when a stock sports a yield of above 7%, you

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) has built one of the deepest, most durable, and diverse portfolios in the oil and gas sector. It has one of the lowest break-even levels in the industry at less than $40 a

It has been a remarkably strong decade for the S&P 500. In fact, a $1,000 investment in the low-cost Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) a decade ago would be worth about $4,100 today, assuming you

Shares of digital bank SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) stock gained 13% in August, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. It was coming off of an excellent earnings report at

While many dividend stocks are viewed as slow-growing investments, this isn't always the case. Right now, investment bank analysts up and down Wall Street are bullish for a pair of dividend-paying

America's Car-Mart(NASDAQ:CRMT) reported fiscal Q1 2026 results for the period ending July 31, 2025, with gross margin expanding by 160 basis points year over year to 36.6%, interest income rising

If you invested $1,000 in the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEMKT: VTI) 10 years ago and had held your shares, you'd have an investment worth $3,870 today. This assumes that you had reinvested

Following along with an analyst's price target reduction, investors became slightly less bullish on Diamondback Energy's (NASDAQ: FANG) future on Hump Day. They traded out of the stock to leave it

Shares in ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) were lower by more than 4% at noon today. The decline comes on the day news broke that eight OPEC+ members will meet on Sunday and discuss a production hike

When most U.S. investors talk about the performance of "the market," they're usually talking about the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). And well they should. This index reflects roughly 80% of the U.S

Oil prices have slumped this year. WTI, the primary U.S. oil price benchmark, is down over 10%. It has fallen from its peak in the low-$80s to the mid-$60s. That's cutting into the cash flows

MPLX's (NYSE: MPLX) unit price has surged nearly 20% over the past year. This is impressive for a master limited partnership (MLP) focused on distributing income to its investors.

That surge might

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index is currently offering a miserly 1.2% dividend yield. The average energy stock has a yield of 3.3%. But energy sector player MPLX MLP (NYSE: MPLX) is offering a

Companies often tend to fall into one of two camps. They either offer their investors enticing growth potential or have an alluring dividend yield.

Some stocks offer the best of both worlds with

I have followed MPLX (NYSE: MPLX) for several years and have never been more intrigued by the master limited partnership (MLP) than I am now. While its high-yield distribution, which currently sits

Guess? (NYSE:GES), best known for its iconic denim and global fashion lifestyle collections, reported second quarter results for fiscal 2026 on August 27, 2025. The company delivered GAAP revenue