The pair have consistently hiked their shareholder payouts for longer than many investors have been alive. Every earnings season leaves behind a set of dividend raises, and this one we're now moving past was no exception. Among this season's lifters were two companies that have been hiking their payouts so long and so frequently, they're among the market's very rare Dividend Kings. In other words, they've done the dividend raise dance at least once annually for a minimum of 50 years in a row. That isn't a s ...

Friday, July 18, 2025Pre-market futures are up again as a very eventful trading week winds to a close. The Dow is currently +0.12%, the S&P 500 is +0.09% and the Nasdaq +0.16% at this hour. The small-cap Russell 2000 is shooting to another orbit this morning, +0.52%. It now leads all major indexes for the past week of trading, as it still tries to catch up with the other indexes year to date.Bond yields have remained fairly steady through a thorough barrage of economic reports Q2 earnings releases, and open ...