Dividend Aristocrats have paid out increasing dividends for 25 years or more - and you don’t earn that distinction by simply being a run-of-the-mill company. No, Dividend Aristocrats are the poster child for financial strength, solid foundations, shareholder-centric policy, and, of course, consistent income. Of course, there’s a tradeoff. To maintain that streak of increases, the company must balance earnings with payouts. You can’t pay out too much and leave nothing for the company to grow further. On th ...

Billions of dollars are flowing into cutting-edge nuclear technologies, from nuclear fusion experiments to small modular reactors and microreactors that backers say will catalyze a global nuclear power renaissance. But after years of buzz and successful funding rounds, these Wall Street darlings have yet to send any of their promised carbon-free energy to the grid. In 2024, investments in advanced nuclear companies from both private equity and venture capital hit an all time high. According to S&P Global, ...

OpenAI has acquired Roi, an AI-powered personal finance app. In keeping with a recent trend in the AI industry, only the CEO is making the jump. Chief executive and co-founder Sujith Vishwajith announced the acquisition on Friday, and a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch he is the only one of Roi’s four-person staff to join OpenAI. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The company will wind down operations and end its service to customers on October 15. The Roi deal marks the latest in a ...

David Gardner: Well, I've always paid very close attention to language. Brian, I know you are also somebody who loves to read books and maybe a fellow English major. But I think that the language that we use is just so telling. Not only does it reveal how we're thinking about things, but it often drives our actions. We have to be very careful with the language that we use, and buy low, sell high. It's somewhere in the late '90s, it dawned on me. This is not actually a great phrase, because the third word is ...

Key Points The video streamer entered into an intense-sounding business partnership with Perplexity AI. The two businesses will combine on a clutch of AI initiatives. 10 stocks we like better than Rumble › Niche video streaming service and cloud computing company Rumble (NASDAQ: RUM) rumbled the stock market Friday but in the best way possible for investors. Its stock surged almost 16% higher on news of a business tie-up in the revolutionary artificial intelligence (AI) space. That pop felt especia ...

David Solomon says he's feeling pretty good about where stocks & the economy are going. The Goldman Sachs CEO made four predictions when speaking at a tech conference in Italy this week. A stock drawdown and a wave of losers from the AI trade are some things on his radar. Goldman Sachs's top executive is feeling good about markets, with some important caveats. David Solomon, the bank's CEO, struck an upbeat tone when speaking about stocks and the US economy at Italian Tech Week on Friday. Despite ...

Key Points The company is replacing its COO. It disclosed this in a regulatory document. 10 stocks we like better than Hims & Hers Health › The market often gets worried when a company announces a major change in its C-suite. On news that it was doing just that, on Friday the stock of consumer healthcare company Hims & Hers (NYSE: HIMS) was whacked with a more than 9% sell-off by investors. This occurred on a relatively stable day for the broader market, as the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) b ...

If you’re a Gen Xer, chances are you’ve checked off some traditional boxes of financial adulthood: steady job, homeownership (maybe), kids (definitely expensive) and a retirement account somewhere. However, many Gen X middle-class families are finding themselves stuck. The wealth just isn’t growing the way they hoped. So what gives? Read Next: The Living Wage a Family of 4 Needs in All 50 States Check Out: 5 Types of Cars Retirees Should Stay Away From Buying Turns out, some everyday habits — harmless as ...

Key Points An analyst relaunched his tracking of the company. His recommendation on its stock wasn't enthusiastic, though. 10 stocks we like better than BlackBerry › A fairly tepid analyst note helped spur a sell-off of BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) stock on Friday. The company, still working to pivot from its salad days as a pre-smartphone communications device powerhouse, saw its share price erode by more than 5% as a result. That compared unfavorably to the performance of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), ...

Corn futures closed out the Friday session with contracts down 2 to 3 cents after early back and forth trade. December was down 3 cents this week. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was down 2 1/4 cents at $3.76.  The harvest price for crop insurance will be found this month via the average December corn close during October. The average of the first three days is $4.19. Harvest likely added some pressure, as it rolled along this week with few hiccups due to weather. The next week is looking ...