United Parcel Service investors counting on a dividend raise this year are going to be disappointed. That message came straight from UPS (UPS) CFO Brian Dykes, who made it crystal clear that the shipping giant is freezing its dividend in 2026. For anyone holding UPS as a dividend stock, this is a significant development worth
Global business relies on stability to operate, and oil prices are the cornerstone of that stability. But oil supply shocks caused by the Iran war, which just concluded its fourth week, have upended that stability, sending the global economy into a tailspin, France 24 reported. Goldman Sachs analysts spent their last note trying to estimate
Morgan Stanley reiterated its Equalweight rating and $675 price target on Lockheed Martin (LMT) following the company’s announcement of a new framework agreement with the Department of War to quadruple production of the Precision Strike Missile. LMT shares were trading at $621.73 at the time of the note, up 27% over the past six months.
Most Americans know they should be saving more for retirement. Most are not doing it. In 2025, the same costly patterns repeated themselves across millions of accounts. Staying stuck at default contribution rates. Cashing out during job changes. Ignoring rules that could have saved thousands in taxes. The data from Vanguard and AARP tells a
While investors celebrated soaring markets in late 2024 and 2025, something unexpected went largely unseen. One of the greatest stock pickers in history was quietly heading for the exits, systematically selling billions of dollars’ worth of equities each quarter. Buffett was not making noise about it or issuing dire warnings from his Omaha headquarters about
Something unusual is happening in the software sector. And investors are starting to notice. Jim Cramer is flagging an unexpected laggard: Microsoft (MSFT). Despite its dominance as the world’s largest software company by revenue and a leader in cloud and artificial intelligence, the stock has recently struggled to keep pace. Even as the broader software
You have probably seen the popup in your brokerage account at least once in the past year. Fidelity or Schwab is telling you that free money is sitting on the table, just waiting for you to claim it. The pitch sounds almost too convenient to ignore, especially if you are a buy-and-hold investor with a
Goldman Sachs economist Pierfrancesco Mei published a note on March 26 estimating that the current oil price surge will reduce U.S. payroll growth by roughly 10,000 jobs per month through the end of 2026. The bank also expects the unemployment rate to rise 0.2 percentage points in total to 4.6% by Q3 2026. Higher oil
Generating passive income from stocks sounds complicated. But sometimes, the math is pretty simple. If you own enough shares of a dividend stock, the quarterly checks add up, and eventually, it can cover a real expense, such as a car payment, a utility bill, or maybe even a vacation. Ford Motor Company is one of
Semiconductor stocks have come under pressure. Over the past month, the sector tracked by the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) has dropped roughly 10%, as investors grow cautious about valuations, demand trends, and the sustainability of recent gains. On March 24, Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL) rolled out TurboQuant, a new compression method that could reduce the amount