Joseph Lisanti

The answer depends on your perspective, and whether fear or greed is the defining mood on Wall Street.

Quality is a nebulous assessment and can change over the years — remember Sears? — but appears to portend outperformance using most companies’ measures.

The financial crisis hurt banks' ability to pay dividends — now they may be on a comeback.

How will companies share their tax windfalls?

The ninth-largest dividend cut ever in the S&P 500 raises concerns of sector concentration.

Can Bruce Bond shake up the insurance industry with a better mouse trap?

Many dividend-focused funds use methodologies that exclude real estate investment trusts.

ETFs with specific approaches can yield tactical dividends.

Three stocks could be on their way to long-term dividend growth.

In light of the strength of the economy and the banks, does it make sense for advisors and their clients to avoid financials when looking at dividend-paying stocks?

The options include indexes encompassing domestic, global and country-specific stocks.

These funds can affordably provide clients with REIT exposure.

This sector had a bad name for years after the crisis. Is it time to include it in portfolios?

There are two that hold stocks that have boosted dividends for 20 years or more.

How new competing international and small-cap ETFs stack up.

The benchmark MSCI emerging markets index advanced more than 11% last year, and this year to date gained another 14%.

Non-U.S. purchases of municipal bonds are up 32% from 2014. But not everyone is impressed.

Using history as a guide, these stocks have outperformed when the Fed starts raising rates from a low base, an MSCI study says.

Only four non-U.S. funds offer both a dividend focus and an expense ratio under 0.35%.

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