ZargonDesign Retiring with dividends is arguably the best way to finance your golden years because: It mitigates the sequence of returns risk. Instead of counting on the S&P 500 (SPY) and perhaps a bond fund (BND) to generate sufficient total returns on a consistent enough basis to avoid depleting your principal, if you live off of passive income from dividends such that you never have to sell shares, you can be largely agnostic to where stocks and bonds trade over time. It keeps you focused on what matte ...

Enbridge Inc. (ENB) is set to report fourth-quarter 2023 results on Feb 9, before the opening bell.Let’s delve into the factors that are anticipated to have influenced this pipeline operator’s performance in the to-be-reported quarter. However, it is worth taking a look at ENB’s previous quarter’s performance first.Highlights of Q3 Earnings & Surprise HistoryIn the last reported quarter, the midstream energy player’s adjusted earnings per share of 46 cents beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 43 cents, than ...

ISerg Introduction A few days ago, I wrote an article titled "The Pyramid Portfolio: 16 New Dividend Stocks To Potentially Beat The Market." As the title suggests, I explained the pyramid dividend strategy, which helps investors structure a portfolio based on different "types" of investments, including growth, value, and income. Meir Statman (2004) This is what I wrote about the value segment in that article: Value stocks. These stocks have high yields and slow growth. This is where you want to be to b ...

Wall Street expects a year-over-year increase in earnings on lower revenues when Enbridge (ENB) reports results for the quarter ended December 2023. While this widely-known consensus outlook is important in gauging the company's earnings picture, a powerful factor that could impact its near-term stock price is how the actual results compare to these estimates.The stock might move higher if these key numbers top expectations in the upcoming earnings report, which is expected to be released on February 9. On ...

SLB (SLB) made an announcement reiterating its full-year 2024 guidance. It has mentioned Saudi Aramco’s decision to not expand the Maximum Sustainable Capacity (MSC) to 13 million barrels per day (MMBD). Instead, the MSC would be maintained at 12 MMBD. Additionally, SLB has said that it will continue to work closely with Saudi Aramco and its ongoing oil and gas projects will not see any changes; only two offshore oil production development projects that haven’t begun operations yet will be suspended.SLB has ...

DNY59 Co-produced by Austin Rogers Dividend investors have been dealt a pretty bad hand in recent years. Numerous factors are weighing on various dividend stocks' performance. Steadily falling oil and gas prices have pushed down energy stocks (XLE), including midstream pipeline companies (MLPX). Slowing consumer spending on most categories is making growth harder to achieve for consumer discretionary companies (XLY). A weakening consumer also is translating into less ability for consumer staples (XLP) and ...

Enbridge (ENB) closed the most recent trading day at $35.98, moving +0.08% from the previous trading session. The stock outperformed the S&P 500, which registered a daily loss of 0.06%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 0.35%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 0.76%.The the stock of oil and natural gas transportation and power transmission company has fallen by 0.19% in the past month, leading the Oils-Energy sector's loss of 1.02% and undershooting the S&P 500's gain of 3.36%.The ...

Although the midstream energy business is less exposed to oil and gas price volatility, the Zacks Oil and Gas - Production & Pipelines industry’s outlook is still subjected to uncertainties. Due to conservative capital spending by upstream players and slowing global fuel consumption growth, demand for partnerships’ midstream assets may get dented.Despite the uncertainties, pipeline players are better off than upstream and downstream firms since the partnerships generate stable fee-based revenues from their ...

Modest headwinds from tax legislation Post 2025 Disciplined Capital Allocation (1) Adjusted for US Gas Utilities pre-funding; actual Q3 Debt to EBITDA ratio 4.1x (2) Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, DCF/share and Debt to EBITDA are non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations to GAAP measures can be found at www.enbridge.com; (3) Based on 2023 guidance 17 Total Secured Capital Program $24B5 Capital Spent to Date $3B6 2023 Expected Capital In-Service 2024 Expected Capital In-Service ~$3B ~$4B 2025+ Expected Capital In-Service Di ...

Enbridge Inc. (NYSE:ENB) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call November 3, 2023 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Rebecca Morley - Vice President, Investor Relations Greg Ebel - President and Chief Executive Officer Pat Murray - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Colin Gruending - Head, Liquids Pipelines Cynthia Hansen - Head, Gas Transmission and Midstream Michele Harradence - Head, Gas Distribution and Storage Matthew Akman - Head, Renewable Power Conference Call Participants Robert Kwan - RBC ...