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Today's resilient but slow-growth nature of the tobacco industry has made it a specialty niche for dividend investors. Where else can you routinely find massive-yield dividend stocks like British

Luxury retail is reliant on consumers' desire to buy expensive things. In good times, that's not a problem; in hard times, it can be difficult. It looks like consumers may be starting to pull back

My basic approach to identifying stocks to buy boils down to looking at companies with strong dividend histories and buying when they have historically high yields. There's obviously a lot more that

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) is a dominant business that has unfortunately delivered less-than-sparkling returns for investors of late. The beverage giant's shares underperformed the market over the past

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Kroger (NYSE: KR)Q3 2023 Earnings CallNov 30, 2023, 10:00 a.m. ET

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Warren Buffett is known for his careful approach to investing. Part of that strategy is finding undervalued stocks, with the expectation that the market will come to recognize their true worth and

Hershey's (NYSE: HSY) stock has fallen on hard times of late thanks, in part, to investor concerns about a new breed of weight loss drugs. The concerns helped push the stock down roughly 30% from

Consumer staples makers sell products you use every day, like food, candy, cleaning supplies, and deodorant. You buy these products in good markets and bad ones, and so does everyone else. But

Clorox (NYSE: CLX) is a well-known and respected consumer staples company. Since the stock hit a peak in 2020, the company has suffered through a series of unfortunate events. That's left the stock

There's been a fair amount of chatter lately among pundits and experts that the global economy may be on course to sidestep the recession some had feared would result from central banks'

Shares of Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) are trading close to new highs but sold off recently along with several other retail stocks. In its most recent earnings report, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) said it

Wall Street wasn't thrilled with the latest earnings update from Walmart (NYSE: WMT). Coming as it did on the cusp of the peak holiday shopping period, pro traders were apparently looking for more

This earnings season has featured its fair share of market-crushing results and major disappointments. The stock market is all over the place. Investors looking for a simple solution that also helps

Each earnings season brings its fair share of epic surprises to the upside and downside. Sometimes a big sell-off is justified or a sign that the worst is only beginning. But a stock can also sell

Dollar General (NYSE: DG) stock was trading lower recently after Walmart's latest earnings report. Walmart reported seeing variability in consumer shopping patterns, which could be a warning sign

If you're thirsty for passive income right now, you're in luck. Many dividend stocks have been left out of the stock market's 2023 rally, meaning their yields are elevated even as their valuations

Shares of Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST) were heading lower today even as there was no news out on the warehouse retailer. Instead, the stock fell in tandem with Walmart (NYSE: WMT), which spooked

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Walmart (NYSE: WMT)Q3 2024 Earnings CallNov 16, 2023, 8:00 a.m. ET

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You've likely bought one of Clorox's (NYSE: CLX) many products, which range from bleach to salad dressing to charcoal. But the truth is that you bought that product from a store, not from Clorox

Cereal is not a growth business in the consumer staples sector. This is why Kellanova (NYSE: K) decided to spin off WK Kellogg (NYSE: KLG) as its own entity. There are likely to be big implications

Fortunately, you don't need a lot of money to start investing. You can start small and add regular amounts over time through dollar-cost averaging.

If you're interested in regular dividend payments

Clorox (NYSE: CLX) isn't the flashiest company on paper. And it hasn't been a good stock to own, either, down 16.9% over the last five years. And even if you factor in dividends, the investment

When Alan Jope took over as CEO of Unilever (NYSE: UL), the company was on the cusp of big changes. Jope did an admirable job, and also had to contend with the coronavirus pandemic along the way

Shares of Diageo (NYSE: DEO) fell 11.7% on Friday after the alcoholic beverage company warned of a sharp slowdown in growth for its business in Latin America.

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