Core Viewpoint - Targeting dividend stocks can be a strategic investment move as interest rates may decrease later this year, making dividend stocks attractive again [1] Group 1: Dividend Stocks Overview - Dividend stocks mentioned include Realty Income, TC Energy, and Western Union, all yielding more than 5% [2] - An investment of $30,000 across these three stocks could generate approximately $2,000 in annual dividends [2] Group 2: Realty Income - Realty Income is a REIT that offers stability and dividends, but its stock has declined by 4% year-to-date due to a high-interest rate environment [3][4] - The company maintains a high occupancy rate of 98.6% and has increased its monthly dividend for the 124th time since 1994 [4] - Realty Income pays out $0.77 in dividends quarterly, with a funds from operations (FFO) per share of $0.94, allowing for a potential annual dividend of $560 from a $10,000 investment [5] Group 3: TC Energy - TC Energy is a Canadian pipeline company with significant revenue from its U.S. natural gas pipelines, totaling CA$2.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in segmented earnings for Q1 [6] - The company plans to spin off its smaller liquids pipelines business into South Bow Corporation, ensuring that investors will maintain their dividend status post-spin-off [7] - TC Energy offers a high dividend yield of around 7.3%, with a potential annual dividend income of $730 from a $10,000 investment [8] Group 4: Western Union - Western Union trades at a low valuation of less than eight times its trailing earnings, indicating a solid business despite rising competition in the payments industry [9] - The company reported revenue of over $1 billion for the period ending March 31, with a modest growth rate of 1%, while earnings fell by 6% to $142.7 million [10] - The stock has a dividend yield of 7.1%, allowing for an annual dividend income of about $710 from a $10,000 investment [11]

The healthcare spinoff looks cheap, but there are some big hurdles it has to clear.It's always interesting when a new company comes to market and doubly interesting when it's a spinoff. In reality, two new companies came out of the spinoff of Solventum (SOLV -1.41%) and 3M (MMM 3.58%) -- a newly created healthcare company and an industrial conglomerate without a healthcare business.Introducing SolventumSolventum is a healthcare company operating in four segments and serving end markets that management belie ...

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AI is the cherry on top of this big tech sundae.When it comes to investing, hedge funds generally have a bad reputation -- and for good reason. A report released by The American Enterprise Institute a few years ago helps illustrate why. An analysis of hedge fund returns between 2011 and 2020 found that the S&P 500 beat the average hedge fund's return every single year, and usually by a wide margin. In fact, during that 10-year stretch, hedge funds returned roughly 5%, on average, compared to 14.4% gains for ...

The home improvement company's sales continue to decline, but a recovery could be coming.Analysts at financial companies including HSBC, UBS, and TD Cowen have been lowering their price targets for Home Depot (HD -1.70%) following the company's recent quarterly report, and Evercore ISI is no exception. Its analyst lowered the price target on the stock to $390 from $420. Still, the exciting part is that he maintained an outperform rating on the stock, and the new target represents a 13% premium to the price ...

The search giant just announced a metric ton of upgrades for Google search -- all powered by artificial intelligence (AI).One of the biggest developments to hit tech over the past year or so has been the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and the flood of ways it can be used to create original content, save time, and increase productivity.For Alphabet (GOOGL 0.97%) (GOOG 0.89%) investors, the big question that emerged from these developments is whether the advent of generative AI would spell trouble for ...

Baidu stock looks cheap -- except for the fact that it's hardly growing at all.Shares of Baidu (BIDU -0.15%) stock slumped as much as 5.5% this morning, despite beating earnings estimates in its first-quarter 2024 report. Analysts forecast the Chinese internet search giant would earn $2.18 per American depositary share (ADS), adjusted for one-time items, on $4.3 billion in revenue, but Baidu actually earned $2.76 per ADS on sales of $4.4 billion.As of 10:55 a.m. ET, Baidu is clawing back its losses, but sti ...

The quarter was strong, but the outlook is uncertain.Agriculture equipment manufacturer Deere (DE -3.25%) reported better-than-expected quarterly results but trimmed its full-year forecast for the second time. Investors are focused on what is to come, sending Deere shares down 3% as of 11 a.m. Eastern.Strong quarter, uncertain outlookDeere earned $8.53 per share in its fiscal second quarter ending April 28 on revenue of $15.24 billion, easily surpassing Wall Street's $7.86 per share on sales of $13.3 billio ...

Investors might be remiss to overlook these stocks.The healthcare industry is full of opportunities for long-term investors to become part-owner in compelling businesses that are changing the future for patients across countless disease areas. You don't have to be rich to invest in the stock market.Whether you're new to investing or simply don't have a ton of extra cash on hand to put toward investing, you can still steadily build your portfolio through methods like dollar-cost averaging. If you have even $ ...

These four small-cap stocks scan as deeply undervalued right now. Speculation over rate cuts is reaching an all-time high, and investors are closely monitoring the Federal Reserve's actions. While the exact timing and number of rate cuts remain uncertain, it's widely expected that the Fed will eventually reduce rates to maintain economic stability. As we approach this potential catalyst, I'll explore how investors can best position themselves in the market. The small-cap growth dilemma Small-cap growth stoc ...