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The beverage giant says its U.S. system contributed $85 billion to GDP and supported nearly 1 million jobs in 2025

Retirees don’t need the highest yield on the board. They need the check to keep arriving, and to keep growing, through every recession, rate cycle, and regime change. Three Dividend Kings fit that brief: Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, and PepsiCo. Each has raised its payout for decades without a cut, and one benchmark says it […]

Berkshire Hathaway's latest 13F reveals a stock portfolio far more concentrated than most investors realize, with the bulk of its equity weight sitting in just three consumer franchises that Buffett has held through recessions, bubbles, and every market cycle since the 1980s.

Some dividend stocks raise their payouts through one recession, maybe two. A handful of consumer staples names have kept writing bigger checks through every downturn for decades, and the cash flow behind that streak is more durable than most investors realize.

J.M. Smucker stock jumped after an earnings beat and debt reduction to 2.9x leverage, though weak volume trends and an overbought RSI raise questions about the rally's durability.

A seven-figure portfolio looks like security until federal taxes, Medicare surcharges, Social Security phase-ins, and inflation each take their share. What actually clears into your checking account from $1.55 million depends on decisions most retirees never see coming.

The Bahnsen Group CIO, David Bahnsen, talks with Market Domination's Josh Lipton about how dividend growth investing can build long-term wealth and outperform inflation. Bahnsen emphasizes that young investors benefit from a dividend growth strategy because of its compounding potential.

Treasuries now yield nearly 5%, raising the stakes for every dividend stock in a boomer portfolio. Five companies have raised their payouts through recessions, inflation spikes, and rate cycles, and the case for owning them lifetime has never required more scrutiny.

Federal debt just crossed a staggering new threshold while Treasury scrambles to prop up the bond market, and the intervention collapsed within 24 hours. Where Berkshire puts its money instead reveals something most retirees holding long bonds have not yet reckoned with.

The company told CBS News it will direct the refunds toward groceries and general merchandise.

Some companies have handed investors a bigger paycheck every single year for more than six decades, surviving every recession and rate shock along the way. Five of them look particularly compelling right now, and one trades at a price not seen in over a year.

A Washington proposal to strip inflation out of capital gains calculations has investors asking a simple question: after 60 years of buy-and-hold investing, could Warren Buffett's tax bill all but disappear? The real answer is more surprising than either side of the debate admits.

Berkshire’s stock buybacks climb, Apple may turn to China, why Coca-Cola is clobbering Pepsi, and more news to start your day.

Consumer sentiment is flashing recession warnings, yet three blue-chip dividend legends are quietly building cases for returns that would shock most defensive investors heading into 2027.

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Interest rates have not moved since December's quarter-point cut to a range of +3.50-3.75%.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose, but tech futures dropped as chip stocks Micron and Sandisk dived. Coca-Cola jumped on earnings.

Retail sentiment remains ‘bearish’ on SPY and deteriorated to ‘extremely bearish’ on QQQ, amid growing anxiety around technology stocks.

Today Earnings (a.m.): Coca-Cola, UPS, Boeing, Sherwin-Williams, Hilton, Centene, PayPal, S&P Global Earnings (p.m.): Visa, Ford Motor, Mondelez International, Waste Management, PPG Industries, Bloom Energy, Avis Budget, Seagate Technology Economic data: Consumer confidence index, Johnson Redbook retail sales index, U.

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Dow and S&P 500 futures gain 0.8% and Nasdaq futures 1.4% ahead of Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Amazon results and Wednesday's Fed call.

Wall Street is heading for a pivotal week as Big Tech earnings, the Federal Reserve's rate decision and key inflation data test a market hovering near record highs. The busiest stretch begins on Wednesday, when Microsoft and Meta Platforms report earnings before the focus quickly shifts to...

Wall Street stocks are predicted to open sharply higher on Monday as a pause in US and Iranian attacks sent oil prices tumbling ahead of a massive week for markets, including a Federal Reserve meeting and earnings from several tech megacaps. Dow Jones futures were up 568 points, or 1.1%,...

The benchmark US stock measures were pointing higher before the opening bell Monday after the US and

This is a huge earnings week, with nearly a third of S&P 500 companies reporting. The Fed is expected to hold rates steady after its confab ends Wednesday, and we’ll see key inflation data on Thursday.

Seventy companies have raised their dividends through every recession and rate shock for at least a quarter century, but a bruising few quarters for some of NOBL's most-watched names put that unbroken record under real pressure heading into mid-2026.

Social Security benefits come with inflation protection, but the tax formula attached to those benefits does not. For retirees with pensions, IRA withdrawals, taxable investment income, or municipal bond interest, a larger benefit can quietly mean a larger federal tax bill. The result is a tax rule from the 1980s that reaches more retirees every ... How Much of Your Social Security Will You Actually Keep After Taxes?

A 12% yield looks unbeatable on day one. A retiree who wants $60,000 a year needs only about $500,000 at that yield, compared with roughly $1.7 million at a 3.5% yield. But retirement income is not a one-year problem. The better question is which income stream can hold up after inflation, market cycles, and years ... The Dividend Growth Snowball: How Modest Income Today Can Become Serious Income Later

A full-time worker earning the federal $7.25 minimum wage trades 2,080 hours for about $15,080 in gross annual pay. A dividend portfolio can produce the same gross income without a time clock, but the required portfolio can range from about $151,000 to more than $500,000 depending on the yield. That gap is the whole story. ... The Portfolio That Pays More Than A Full-Time Minimum Wage Job