Quick Read Coca-Cola (KO) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) both beat Q3 estimates and carry 60+ year dividend increase streaks, earning A grades on the dividend scorecard. Travelers crushed its Q3 consensus by 25%, then raised its quarterly dividend 14% to $1.25, the fastest payout growth among the four Dow stocks. Honeywell’s dividend dropped to

After a year of record-breaking gains, the market’s tides may be turning. As of this writing, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have slipped around 2%, 3%, and 5%, respectively, from their highs earlier this year. Investor sentiment is also stumbling. The Fear and Greed

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) is one of the most divisive stocks in the market. The stock of the payments processor trades at a dirt cheap valuation, with a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of just over 9.5 times 2027 analyst estimates and a free cash flow yield approaching 13%. Meanwhile, the company has rebuffed recent acquisition bids,

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The Milwaukee Brewers are one win from their first World Series title, more than five decades after starting out as the bankrupt Seattle Pilots. The stock market has its own reasons to cheer them on against the Tampa Bay Rays. The stock market has risen in about 71% of the years after a National League

Microsoft and Alphabet reported last quarter capital expenditures that fell short of analyst targets. “Some third-party capacity deliveries we expected in Q1 were delayed,” Microsoft CFO Amy Hood said. Bank of America disclosed that it held a 4.1% stake in IREN. Neocloud stocks fell in overnight trading late Wednesday after Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) reported fiscal

For months, investors have asked how Oracle (ORCL) would pay for its AI build-out. On Wednesday the company put numbers on it, and the stock had its best day since May. Shares closed up about 11% at about $144 Wednesday, adding more than $40 billion in market value, as the company laid out new financial

Google (GOOG, GOOGL) reported its third quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, missing revenue projections on lower-than-anticipated advertising sales, despite Google Cloud growth of 103%. Google saw earnings per share (EPS) of $2.12 on revenue of 127.58 billion. Analysts were looking for EPS of $3.01 on revenue of $127.93 billion. Revenue excluding traffic acquisition