As its name implies, a high-yield dividend is one that pays an above-average yield, which is the ratio of a stock's dividend to its price. What makes the phrase something of a moving target is a simple question -- what constitutes "average"? Certain ...

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No matter how much investors hope it will happen, volatility in the stock market isn’t going away, and market swings of a few percentage points in a single day, which used to be incredibly rare, may become more common,

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If there's not a great degree of confidence in its future, then it may not matter a great deal that Altria's payout ratio is around 80% and that the dividend looks sustainable today. If things are likely to get worse for the company in the future, the dividend may still not prove to be safe.

On Wednesday, Dec. 17, President Donald Trump announced that one-time payments of $1,776 will be sent out to U.S. military service members. The checks, a part of what has been dubbed the "warrior dividend," would be given to approximately 1.45 million U.S ...

High-yield dividend stocks could be a good addition to your portfolio, but investigate whether the high dividend is sustainable and whether the stock price could drop. Should high yield dividend stocks be part of your investment portfolio? Maybe.

I love pursuing a blend of dividend growth investing, high-yield investing, and value investing. This is because I believe that high-yield stocks are the easiest to value accurately, given that long-term growth is one of the hardest things to project in a ...