Dividend stocks can generate reliable passive income. The key is to find companies that have a strong track record of paying and increasing their dividends. Investors also want to be sure that they are picking companies that can generate enough earnings and free cash flow to cover and raise their dividends in the future.
An exceptionally rare occurrence for Wall Street's benchmark index bodes well for optimistic investors.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Global miner Rio Tinto is in talks with Australian federal and state governments about a multibillion-dollar bailout for its struggling Tomago aluminium smelter in New South Wales state, the Australian Financial Review reported. The newspaper, citing sources it did not name, reported late on Friday that talks centred on the smelter's electricity contract for 2026 to 2029 and federal production tax credits. Rio and the offices of New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment on the report.
The company got a real lift from its impressive first-quarter earnings report. In retrospect that wasn't surprising, as the company simply crushed it in its latest earnings report, and analysts fell over themselves publishing bullish new takes on its stock. Dollar General delivered its first-quarter figures Tuesday morning, and investors couldn't wait to pile into its shares.
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In the closing of the recent trading day, Diversified Energy Company PLC (DEC) stood at $14.30, denoting a +2.07% change from the preceding trading day.
Tesla stock recovered some of the losses from the previous session on Friday after posting its worst single-day decline since March.
The S&P 500 added 1% on Friday, June 6, as a strong jobs report pointed to resilience in the labor market despite tariff-related concerns.
Broadcom shares fell sharply Friday, one day after the chip giant delivered quarterly results and an outlook that were largely in line with Wall Street estimates. Monitor these key post-earnings chart levels.