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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.

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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

The stock market is once again red-hot. As of this writing, the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average are up 17%, 23%, and 10%, respectively, over the last three months.

With

Markets are off to a sluggish start this week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are both trending lower shortly after Monday's trading session opened. But cloud computing stock Nebius

The Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of 30 large U.S. companies. Despite its name, the index no longer just includes industrial stocks, but encompasses blue chip companies from all sectors

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) became the first company to reach $4 trillion in market cap on Wednesday -- an incredible feat considering the company was worth a fraction of tech giants Apple and Microsoft

The first half of the year was a difficult one for many artificial intelligence (AI) stocks as investors fled high-growth players. The reason? They worried that President Donald Trump's import

This has been a year investors won't soon forget. During a one-week stretch from the closing bell on April 2 to April 9, the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) endured its fifth-steepest two-day

There's no one right approach to investing that everyone should follow. That's true even when you home in on a specific style, like dividend investing. That's why some investors will like the SPDR

Over the past couple of years, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) have both shown their strengths in artificial intelligence (AI) -- and as a result, their earnings and

Over the last century, the stock market has been a surefire moneymaker for patient, long-term-minded investors. Although other asset classes have increased in value over extended periods, including