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Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares Verizon (NYSE: VZ) to 3M (NYSE: MMM) to answer which dividend stock is better for passive income investors.

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The stock market suffered a significant drop on Thursday. Investors were concerned that strong employment figures could mean a longer period of high interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: MPW), a healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT), is facing another steep decline in its share price today. The stock was trading 4.4% lower at 1:02 p.m. ET

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Shares of clinical-stage biotech company Caribou Biosciences (NASDAQ: CRBU) were up more than 58% as of 11:15 a.m. ET on Thursday after Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) made a $25 million equity investment in the

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), and Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) were all popular stocks to own when demand for COVID vaccines was strong. But these companies are all preparing for what's

Dividend stocks can be wonderful investments. As a group, they have outperformed the broader market over the last 50 years (with a 9.2% average annual total return versus 7.7% from an equal-weighted

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a composite of stocks, with some doing better than others over any given period. In June, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and Verizon (NYSE: VZ)

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is sizzling hot these days. Shares of the technology giant have skyrocketed by nearly 50% year to date. It also just became the first publicly traded company to achieve a market

If investors learned one thing in 2023, it's that market conditions can turn on a dime. By all accounts, 2022 was the worst year for investors in over a decade, with the major market indexes posting

History speaks volumes on Wall Street. It shows us that all significant downturns in the major U.S. stock indexes are eventually cleared away by bull market rallies. Additionally, it provides

Pardon the cliché, but Wall Street's only certainty is uncertainty in the short term. Over the trailing two years, investors have witnessed the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI)

No longer the high-flying tech stock it once was, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) got its wings clipped on Wednesday. Although the impetus for this was an ostensibly bullish analyst note, there was enough in

Stock markets remained resilient on Wednesday, refusing to allow early declines to cascade into serious downward moves. The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and Dow

US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) bounced back in June, rising 10.5% for the month after a couple of difficult months, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. US Bancorp's stock was still down about 22%

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) continued its winning streak in June as the stock price rose 20.2% for the month, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. This follows a gain of 11.4% in May

Both SCHD, which is the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHD) and JEPI, which is the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEMKT: JEPI) have increased in popularity over the past year

Success in the stock market can be achieved with the following two traits: savvy stock selection and patience. The former is necessary because investors need to be quality-oriented with the

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) just made history: Prior to June 30, no stock had ever closed with a market cap of $3 trillion or higher. But the tech giant now finds itself the sole member of the club.

Summer is now in full swing, but the excitement surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) still appears to be in the early stages of heating up. If you're looking for companies that are on track to

On Wall Street, getting from point A to B rarely occurs in a straight line. Over the past two years, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have surged to record-closing

It might not happen overnight, but artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to impact society similar to the way the internet has since the late 1990s. The companies that best use AI could be

Shares of Unity Software (NYSE: U) skyrocketed 46.1% in June, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The month started off with fireworks from Apple that are relevant to Unity

When Independence Day is in the middle of the week, it's natural for investors to extend their weekend. That made Monday's preholiday trading session a relatively quiet one, as many market