Wildfires are raging in Western Canada right now. This is a huge reminder that weather has become much more unpredictable due to climate change.
In July of 2023, recently returned Disney CEO Bob Iger shocked the media industry by indicating he might be open to divesting the company's declining linear assets. By last fall, he'd changed his mind, declaring them not for sale.
Disney's acquisitions of brands like Marvel initially paid off but have seen diminishing returns as audience interest wanes.
If you are looking for dividend stocks to buy, you're at the right place; research shows that companies regularly raising payouts, known as “dividend growers,” boast compound annual returns of about 11.7% from 1986 to 2016. Even companies paying dividends but not raising them earned an average of 9.9% per year.