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Today, I provide five of my best dividend stock ideas for the month of December. These dividend growth stocks are a great way to add balance and passive income to a long-term portfolio. Compounding

With the year winding down and many stocks struggling, it's time to look ahead to 2023 and think about where opportunities might lie.

Fintech is one sector that was heavily beaten down this year, as

Investors have to be really negative about a company's prospects to place big bets that its share price will sink. It seems logical that the smartest move is to stay away from such stocks.

However

You don't need a boatload of money to get started investing. And you don't need a huge amount of cash to buy stocks with tremendous prospects.

Granted, some of the highest-quality stocks have lofty

Wall Street was thrilled with the latest operating update from Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA). The cybersecurity specialist beat growth expectations despite weakening IT spending in many markets. Cost cuts are

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) has a huge yield of more than 9%. That's generous by just about any standard. It is large on both an absolute level and relative to the broader market (the S&P

The market for artificial intelligence (AI) services expanded significantly in recent years as companies scramble to automate repetitive tasks, crunch large amounts of data to make smarter

It's been an absolutely brutal year for chip stocks. The industry is down roughly 31% with just a few weeks remaining in 2022, as measured by the iShares Semiconductor ETF. That's even worse than

IRAs are one of the most popular tax breaks for U.S. taxpayers. Traditional IRAs allow retirement savers to put money in a tax-favored account and defer any taxation on income or gains until they

C3.ai (NYSE: AI) posted its latest earnings report on Wednesday, Dec. 7. For the second quarter of fiscal 2023 (which ended on Oct. 31), the enterprise AI software company's revenue rose 7% year

Shares of Prometheus Biosciences (NASDAQ: RXDX) nearly tripled on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Investors were cheering for some surprisingly good news regarding the clinical-stage biotechnology

Artificial intelligence (AI) represents a huge opportunity for companies and investors as it grows into a roughly $1.4 trillion market by 2029, a massive increase from its $387 billion size right

Four Corners (NYSE: FCPT) is a relatively young net lease real estate investment trust (REIT) but it does well enough to increase its dividend annually since it was spun off from Darden Restaurants

Those who like the idea of passive income find dividend stocks attractive. Many companies pay dividends to their shareholders, and they give investors a chance to get some current income while also

It's been an odd year for investors in General Electric (NYSE: GE). The stock spent most of the year in negative territory and significantly underperforming the S&P 500 index. Yet, after a strong

In a little over three weeks, we'll turn the page on 2022, much to the delight of professional and everyday investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite have all fallen

Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) and Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) both initially dazzled investors with their disruptive dreams. Carvana, which is best known for its "car vending machine" towers, challenged

With the market on track to end 2022 with a loss, many investors are fearful, but also hopeful, about what will happen next.

The S&P 500 has posted a loss in six of the past 25 years, not including

Whether you're new to investing or you're a seasoned veteran, 2022 has probably been a lousy year. In the first half of 2022, the benchmark S&P 500 index disappointed investors with the worst

The 2022 Nasdaq Composite bear market undermined investors' confidence in many tech-focused stocks. Some were market darlings during the pandemic as their businesses surged and traders pushed their

Early retirement is something many investors dream about. Whether your vision of early retirement is playing golf on a weekday, reading a long novel at the beach, or traveling to new places, it's a

What do you call a growth stock that's not growing? I can think of a lot of things, but a good investment isn't one of them. Shares in plant-based meat alternative provider Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:

The Reddit meme stock craze will long remembered by many members of the financial community. In early 2021, individual traders banded together and temporarily pumped up stocks that were on a path

If you've ever wondered why Wall Street professionals and everyday investors pay such close attention to what Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been buying or