For investors looking for stability and income from their stocks, here are the eight largest dividend yields offered by companies listed on the S&P 500.
Many investors know that November marks the start of the Best Six Months in the stock market, but what what they might not know is how a cyclical rotation strategy makes it even better.
Despite fading late in the trading day on disappointing economic news, stocks were still able to close out its best January since 1997, boding well for the rest of the year.
Investors may be waiting intently on the sidelines as earnings and eurozone developments proceed. Stocks inched slightly higher after recovering from a mild dip.
Wall Street dipped for most of today's trading session, perhaps due to investors cashing in on profits from the recent run higher, but managed to close flat in the last hour.
Despite ending the session lower, stocks were able to recover a slight scare from a larger dip during mid-day. Wall Street was also able to close out another week of gains.
Wall Street inched slightly higher today, but is up almost double from where the market closed exactly three years ago when stocks bottomed in the Great Recession.
Stocks ended slightly lower after gradually recovering from a drop in the early goings of the day's trading session. China's revised GDP projections weighed on investors.
There remains a major dearth of prominent females in positions of power in the business world, but there are still several female CEOs guiding major corporations.
Stocks moved higher today after recovering from yesterday's drop, the largest thus far this year. Wall Street was helped by positive developments in Greece and better economic numbers.
The rising price of commodities and its influence on the cost of meat will make Thanksgiving a pricier ordeal in 2011. Dinner costs will rise 13 percent this year.
The automatic spending cuts triggered by the failure of the super committee could provide investors with an opportunity to speculate on how markets will react using ETFs.
Investors in search of safe and high-paying dividend stocks should tread carefully, lest they risk overpaying for yields. Sam Stovall talks more about overpriced safety plays.