How high is high, when it comes to dividend yields? For investors who need income, standards have changed. Long gone are the days when you could enjoy a 5% yield on a tax-exempt bond with a high credit rating. All is not lost. Investors holding stocks can make use of …
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Scott Berg’s T. Rowe Price Global Growth Stock Fund last year more than doubled the return of the S&P 500 Index and did even better against its benchmark by betting on large-cap technology companies and next-generation disruptors. In an interview, Berg, who joined T. Rowe Price as an analyst in …
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As we head through the holidays, hoping new vaccines will take us out of the pandemic, this is a good time for investors to look ahead. Below is a list of companies in the S&P 500 Index that analysts expect to increase their sales the most during 2021. You might …
Read More »MarketWatch Premium: 30 dividend stocks selected for value as the U.S. economy gathers steam
Now is the time to consider value stocks for your portfolio as the U.S. economy gathers strength and as promising coronavirus vaccines and treatments are deployed. John Buckingham, editor of The Prudent Speculator investing newsletter, has done for this column a special screen of stocks with value characteristics. That led …
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