High yields are often a red flag, but investors have the green light to grab shares of these juicy dividend stocks.Everyone loves passive income. I mean, who wouldn't enjoy earning money while you sleep?Not literally, of course, but with dividend stocks. These are stocks of companies that distribute some of their profits to shareholders. While higher dividend yields mean more income for your money, it can be a yield trap when stock yields get too high.But not all high-yield stocks pose a danger to your port ...

I've waited years for a timely opportunity such as this.I believe that shares of restaurant chain Wingstop (WING -0.83%) will outperform shares of the world's largest pizza chain, Domino's Pizza (DPZ 3.14%), over the next five years. But give me time to back up this claim.Domino's Pizza is still a great business and it's a stock with a lot to like. As of the second quarter of 2025, it had more than 21,000 locations worldwide, 99% of which are owned by franchisees. This means that the parent company generate ...

Circular financing adds a big new risk.Nvidia's (NVDA 0.27%) announcement that it will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI is being hailed by the company as a massive bet on the future of artificial intelligence (AI). Still, investors should take a closer look at what is really going on here. The money OpenAI receives will ultimately be plowed right back into Nvidia hardware, mostly through Oracle's cloud buildout, where the two companies recently signed a massive $300 billion deal. OpenAI plans to deploy N ...

Costco delivered another rock-solid earnings report.Costco Wholesale (COST -2.92%) is one of the most dominant retailers in the world, and it continues to outpace its brick-and-mortar peers, quarter in and quarter out.Costco keeps opening stores around the world, differentiating itself from other retail giants like Walmart and Home Depot, and it's seeing strong growth in e-commerce, showing that there's plenty of untapped demand for the buy-in-bulk, big-box chain.Those trends were on display in Costco's fis ...

The story is a fascinating one, but stories alone don't generate revenue. And they certainly don't produce a profit.Replacing ordinary silicon with silicon carbide has never been a bad idea. The carbon-toughened version of the simple material can be used for higher voltage applications like solar inverters and electric vehicles, since it tolerates higher levels of heat. It's also just more power-efficient. That's why no one's criticized Wolfspeed (WOLF -34.87%) for doubling down on the science by virtue of ...

Nvidia is not the only stock to play the AI boom.The market for semiconductors is red-hot as investment continues to pour into data centers for artificial intelligence (AI). IDTechEx expects the market for AI chips to exceed $400 billion by 2030. While graphics processing unit (GPU) leader Nvidia is a popular pick, investors should also consider Broadcom (AVGO -0.48%). Why Broadcom stock is a long-term buyOne issue for Nvidia is that its chips carry a high cost of ownership. They are the most powerful chips ...

These stocks are down on the year, but not out for long-term investors.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.65%) is chock-full of industry-leading companies --- many of which pay dividends. But stodgy dividend-paying companies aren't in style right now.Mega-cap growth stocks like the "Ten Titans" have been driving broader market gains. After all, the allure of a few percentage points of yield isn't all that interesting when the S&P 500 is up 73% since the start of 2023.Honeywell International (HON 0.24% ...

A historically inexpensive trillion-dollar business has the necessary catalysts to leapfrog the likes of Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft by the turn of the decade.For much of the last 16 years, the stock market has been unstoppable. With the exception of the five-week COVID-19 crash in February-March 2020, and the roughly nine-month bear market in 2022, the bulls have been in firm control on Wall Street.The catalyst for this ongoing outperformance primarily rests with Wall Street's trillion-dollar businesses. ...

Fluor stock is up 365% over the past five years.Fluor (FLR -0.57%) investors have been very happy over the last five years. Over that time period, shares have risen in value by roughly 365%. That's a compound annual growth rate of 36%, more than 3 times the stock market's long-term average.Is Fluor your secret to retiring a millionaire? The answer might surprise you.Two things to know about Fluor's operating historyAt its core, Fluor is an engineering and construction company. It serves a variety of sectors ...

United Parcel Service is deeply out of favor, but it provides a vital service and is preparing for a brighter future.United Parcel Service (UPS 1.38%), which usually just goes by UPS, has a huge dividend yield of 7.9%. Many investors are likely attracted to it as a dividend stock, but that's a risky call. It is more appropriate to see this package delivery giant as a turnaround stock. And if that's how you view it, now could be the time to hit the buy button.What UPS does is hard to doWithout getting into t ...