Early this week, the Obama Administration announced that it had finalized the terms of its settlement with BP (BP) stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The final price tag will come in at $20.8 billion, which was higher than the $18.7 billion announced as recently as July. Nevertheless, this removes a major source...Read More

Once bitten, twice shy. That’s the attitude that investors tend to take with companies that slash or eliminate their dividends, and with good reason. If you are buying a stock with the intention of using the dividend to pay your living expenses, a dividend cut can take a wrecking ball to your retirement plans. So...Read More

The market’s in correction mode right now, so it’s not a fun time to be buying much of anything. But these are precisely the times you need to be putting your buy list together. While the overall market is still expensive and may have further to fall, there are some outstanding bargains out there. For...Read More

Warren Buffett has made his investors a lot of money over his career. Over the past 35 years, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) has grown its book value at a compounded rate of return of 19.0%. Over that same period, the S&P 500 has generated total returns of only 11.8%. For a manager as large and as...Read More

This year has proven to be a rough one for dividend stocks. With the Fed’s rate hike looming and with bond yields rocketing higher, traditionally high-yielding sectors like REITs and utilities have taken an absolute pounding. The REIT sector, as represented by the Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ), is down more than 13% from its January...Read More