Stock dividends

Experts say that while high dividends can be appealing on the surface, there are many other factors to consider when evaluating a stock.

Companies that pay out a portion of their profits to shareholders instead of reinvesting in their business may seem compelling on the surface, but advisors with experience with these strategies say they aren't right for everyone.

Though sometimes overlooked, dividends can provide passive income or spark compounding growth. Here are the stocks with the biggest payouts.

The Swiss bank's cancelled $1.4 billion acquisition of the robo-advisor means extra money for shareholders.

Investors tend to "chase yield" in tough economic times, but there's a price to that.

The bank says an announcement on how far the current 51-cent payout would drop is expected in mid-July.

There are appealing methods to shift investments “upstream” to aging parents or “downstream” to grown children.

“If done correctly, dividend-yielding stocks are the gifts that keep on giving,” an expert says.

For clients’ portfolios that need international diversity, these funds focus on the region.

Each of these funds has its own way of adding high-octane assets into clients' portfolios.

Still, some products with higher yields also have higher Sharpe ratios. Could that indicate better risk-adjusted performance?

Eleven of the 14 dividend-focused ETFs in existence 10 years ago beat a plain vanilla index fund.

The bank was ordered to pay more than $5 billion over a tax-evasion case in France.

Few dividend-oriented funds use this important metric to find stocks.

Brexit, worries about trade wars and rising interest rates have prompted a selloff in developed country stocks.

Some of the largest and fastest-growing economies in the world are still considered emerging markets.

Despite the array of potential options, a handful of names gets the most attention. Do your clients know the major differences in methodology and sector concentration?

The move is the latest effort to reduce the early flow of money out of 401(k)-style plans.

Small company stocks stumbled in the very recent past but have outperformed over the long term.

The effective tax rate on qualified dividends for those in the highest income tax bracket fell.