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I added Southern Company (NYSE: SO) and Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) to my portfolio a few years ago. Both are large utilities and, at the time I bought them, each had a historically high yield. I'm

Today, I provide my seven best dividend stocks to buy for the month of July 2023. Dividend stocks are a great way to add balance and passive income to a long-term investing portfolio. Compound

Shares of Visa (NYSE: V) were rising in Thursday trading, up 2.8% as of 1:36 p.m. ET.

Visa's revenue and profits are based on payment volumes running over its global payments rails. That growth is

Shares of BioXcel Therapeutics (NASDAQ: BTAI) were down 62% at 11 a.m. on Thursday after the company announced phase 3 trial results for Alzheimer's disease–related agitation therapy BXCL501. The

We are halfway through 2023, and the S&P 500 is up roughly 15%, which would be an incredible year in a full year. However, 15% in only six months is phenomenal. Mega tech has carried the majority of

Warren Buffett, whom many consider the greatest investor of our time, holds more than 50 stocks in Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio, his holding company. Out of all these investments, I'm eying

Visa (NYSE: V) is not a cheap stock, but it has recession resistance and some pretty amazing competitive advantages. On the other hand, American Express (NYSE: AXP) has several different revenue

On the surface, Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V), look similar enough as companies. Indeed, they appear almost interchangeable. They're both just credit card middlemen, collecting a small

There's obviously no such thing as a perfect stock for all investors. But in this clip, Fool.com contributors Tyler Crowe and Matt Frankel, CFP®, discuss why payments giant Visa (NYSE: V) checks a

The performance of the stock market so far in 2023 caused a collective sigh of relief on Wall Street. After turning in the worst performance in more than a decade last year, the major market indexes

Digital payments is a hot industry. Even as e-commerce, which requires digital payments, is decelerating as a portion of total retail sales, consumers continue to use digital means at physical

Stocks have gone on a tear in recent months, with growth shares leading the way. Since the start of 2023, the S&P 500 index is up 14%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite has risen nearly 38%. The

Investing in the stock market, while made out to be complicated and intimidating, can be a simple exercise. The best course of action is to find quality businesses with competitive advantages. And

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) posted its latest earnings report on June 22. For the third quarter of fiscal 2023 (ended May 31), the IT service provider's revenue rose 3% year over year (5% in local

Sometimes it can pay to own early-stage stocks with extremely high growth potential. Being early into stocks like Tesla or Amazon can create life-changing wealth for your portfolio, turning $1,000

Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP) cut its dividend by 80% when it reported first-quarter 2023 earnings. Annaly Capital Management's (NYSE: NLY) dividend has been falling for a decade and was just

Hydrogen stocks have grown a lot in recent years, but they're having a problem turning revenue growth into profits. In this video, Travis Hoium covers the industry's growth, its margin challenges

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is one company that's surely glad the trading week is over. The consultancy's share price continued its fall on Friday, losing another 2.9% in value. This was a notably worse

There's never a dull moment at a theme park, and the same can be said about theme park stocks. Industry leader Disney (NYSE: DIS) competes with Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and to a lesser extent

In its fiscal 2023 second quarter (ended March 31), Visa (NYSE: V) posted revenue of $8 billion and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.03, both of which exceeded Wall Street analyst estimates.

An estimated 43.5 million Americans owe money in the form of student loans. By comparison, total U.S. credit card debt is estimated to be $917 billion, according to TransUnion.

The average federal