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On Aug. 1, commodity chemical giant Dow Inc. (NYSE: DOW) fell 6.4% -- reaching its lowest level since spinning off from DowDuPont in 2019. Dow has now surpassed its intraday low from the worst of

Both the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) are heading in positive directions for the first full trading week of August. Shares of Joby Aviation (NYSE:

U.S. stocks generally had a positive month in July, with several indexes posting gains. However, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which eked out a 0.1% increase, lagged other benchmarks such as the

Though volatility is a given when putting your money to work on Wall Street, it's been an exceptionally wild ride for investors through the first seven months of 2025.

During the first week of

Though the stock market has been a bona fide wealth creator for well over a century, this doesn't mean stocks rise in an orderly fashion. Through the first seven months of 2025, investors have been

Chemical giant Dow (NYSE: DOW) fell 17.5% on July 24 after reporting disappointing earnings and slashing its dividend by 50%. Before the cut, Dow was the highest-yielding stock in the S&P 500.

It's

Investors looking for high-yield dividend stocks can find solid options from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI). This index includes 30 industry-leading companies that have the

Markets have been unsteady today, with both the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) struggling to maintain their gains. There's no doubt, however, about the

Investors have endured one of the bumpiest rides on record through the first nearly seven months of the year.

In early April, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) navigated its steepest two-day percentage

The Dow Jones Industrial Average tracks 30 of the country's top companies. These mature companies tend to be very profitable, enabling them to pay sustainable dividends.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:

This is a tricky time for investors. Most people agree that valuations have reached alarmingly high levels. Yet, the market is still moving higher, largely led by the same growthy tech stocks that

Though volatility is the price of admission to one of the greatest wealth creators on the planet, the stock market swings that investors have endured in 2025 have been extraordinary.

In early April

It's been a roller-coaster ride for Wall Street and investors through nearly seven months of 2025.

In early April, the wheels fell off the wagon, with the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC)

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Dow (NYSE:DOW) announced a significant 50% dividend reduction, effective Q3 2025, attributing the move to

The stock market is on quite the run. Since bottoming on April 8, the major indexes have skyrocketed. As of this writing, the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average are up 26%,

For more than a century, no other asset class has come particularly close to matching the annualized return of stocks. However, this doesn't mean Wall Street's journey from Point A to B is a smooth

The first half of 2025 is in the books -- and it was a roller coaster. Nevertheless, as of this writing, the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average are up 7%, 8%, and 5%,

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has achieved many milestones in recent quarters: The top artificial intelligence (AI) chip designer was invited into the Dow Jones Industrial Average last year and ended up

The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHD) is a popular index fund, tied to the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 index. The index and fund focus on generous, high-quality dividend policies. As a

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) is up nearly 5% so far this year, with many of its best performers rising in value by 20% to 30%.

But some of the index's components haven't fared

It's been nothing short of a wild ride for investors over the last seven months. In mid-February, the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) logged an all-time closing high, with the iconic Dow Jones

The Dow Jones Industrial Average comprises 30 blue chip stocks that investors often regard as a proxy for the overall economy. Amidst that prominence, all but two of the 30 components return cash to

Reversion to the mean. It's one of the most important investing principles. The idea is that asset prices tend to return to their historical means (or averages) over time.

This principle is the

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is sometimes viewed as a low-growth, value-focused index. But the Dow has modernized -- adding Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Amazon, and Salesforce over the last five

The market opened mixed today with the S&P 500 inching higher and the Dow Jones Industrial Average nudging lower. One thing that seems a lot less mixed, however, is the market's enthusiasm for