65 Best Dividend Stocks You Can Count On in 2022

Buy-and-hold dividend growth investors know something that less experienced yield-hunters don’t: It pays to be patient when you’re investing for income. The best dividend stocks – companies that raise their payouts like clockwork decade after decade – can produce superior total returns (price plus dividends) over the long run, even if they sport apparently ho-hum… Continue reading 65 Best Dividend Stocks You Can Count On in 2022

Stock Market Today: Dow Officially Enters a Bear Market After Monday’s Slide

Selling in the stock market picked right back up Monday, and despite a brief mid-morning push into positive territory, the major indexes still ended lower. “Despite a quiet global economic data front, this weekend and Monday morning have been anything but quiet as global yields are surging to record highs,” said Stefanos Bazinas, execution strategist… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Dow Officially Enters a Bear Market After Monday’s Slide

S&P 500 closes at new low for 2022 and Dow falls 458 points as sell-off resumes on recession fears

Jennifer Sor Lucky-photographer/Shutterstock Major US indexes plunged Thursday after staging a relief rally in the prior session.  UK prime minister Liz Truss stood by proposed tax cuts, despite a chorus of vocal critics. US Treasury yields hit multi-year highs this week as markets react to growing recession fears.  Loading Something is loading. US stocks sank… Continue reading S&P 500 closes at new low for 2022 and Dow falls 458 points as sell-off resumes on recession fears

The ‘market riot’ won’t stop until the Fed pivots from quantitative tightening, Societe Generale strategist says

A “market riot” won’t stop until the Fed reverses course on its aggressive tightening strategy, Societe Generale global strategist Albert Edwards said.  UK gilts “have crashed horribly,” forcing the Bank of England to temporarily halt its quantitative tightening by buying long-dated bonds, he said Thursday.  The “markets are still in charge and they just won’t… Continue reading The ‘market riot’ won’t stop until the Fed pivots from quantitative tightening, Societe Generale strategist says

Larry Summers warns that the risks building in the market look similar to the onset of the Great Financial Crisis as volatility in the UK threatens to spread globally

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers sees today’s market risks as similar to those seen right before the 2008 Great Financial Crisis.A series of inflation, interest rate, and currency shocks have led to increased market volatility around the world.”In the same way that people became anxious in August of 2007, I think this is a moment… Continue reading Larry Summers warns that the risks building in the market look similar to the onset of the Great Financial Crisis as volatility in the UK threatens to spread globally

Natural gas supplies will grow even tighter in 2023, and its ‘very obvious’ who was behind the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, IEA chief says

Gas supplies will tighten into next year as constraints continue to mount, IEA chief Fatih Birol said. Birol’s supply warning came shortly after the Nord Stream explosions, which caused gas prices to surge 11%. “It is very obvious … who was behind this issue,” Birol said at a Paris energy conference. Loading Something is loading.… Continue reading Natural gas supplies will grow even tighter in 2023, and its ‘very obvious’ who was behind the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, IEA chief says