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History Suggests This S&P 500 Dividend Grower Is a Magnificent Bedrock Stock to Buy and Hold Forever

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The iconic American company famous for its Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Cadbury, and Twizzlers brands (along with about 95 more) has seen its stock drop around 23% since April. With an ROIC consistently above its most similar peers, the company offers top-tier profitability.

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4 Top S&P 500 Dividend Growth Stocks Down Between 10% and 42% to Buy in 2024 and Hold Forever

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Not every stock rose last year. Consider these four -- Nike (NYSE: NKE) , MarketAxess (NASDAQ: MKTX) , Paycom Software (NYSE: PAYC) , and The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) -- which fell between 10% and 42% in 2023. That stands in stark contrast to the S&P 500 index's 23% rise. On the financial side, Nike pays a 1.4%

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Want Decades of Passive Income? 2 Stocks to Buy Now

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When you are looking at passive income stocks, you have to balance yield against other factors or you risk getting caught up in a dividend cut. In fact, lower-yielding investments with strong dividend growth histories are often the better option if you tend to think in decades when you buy a stock.

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2 Top Value Stocks to Buy in October

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With bond yields rising and interest rates expected to remain elevated for several more quarters, value stocks are starting to look mighty enticing. Value stocks are equities that trade at low earnings multiples, price-to-sales multiples, or book values relative to their peers. Which value stocks stand out from the crowd?

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2 Top Dividend Stocks to Buy Now and Hold Forever

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Now that interest rates have risen to a higher level than we've seen in more than 20 years, conservative institutional investors are pulling money out of dividend-paying stocks and diverting that cash into less volatile instruments. It hasn't risen in a straight line, but its payout is up 23% over the past five years.

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4 Dividend Stocks to Double Up on Right Now

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Identifying dividend growth stocks with high returns on invested capital (ROICs) can be a great way to look for investments as both criteria have proven to be market-beating propositions over time. This extra step offers higher passive income prospects while potentially uncovering stocks trading at a discount.

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Nearly Half of Warren Buffett's $366 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in Only 1 Stock

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Warren Buffett's investing strategy is well-known by now. Look through Berkshire Hathaway 's equities portfolio and you'll quickly see that many of the stocks fit this description. At the top of the list is none other than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , which currently represents just under half of Buffett's roughly $366 billion portfolio.