Ian Salisbury

Ian Salisbury

Senior Writer

LATEST ARTICLES

Stock Analysts Are The Most Optimistic In a Decade. It May Be a Good Reason To Sell.

Stock Analysts Are The Most Optimistic In a Decade. It May Be a Good Reason To Sell.

For investors, Wall Street’s optimism is a flashing red light, according to DataTrek co-founder Nicholas Colas.

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Leveraged ETFs Are Dangerous but They’re Doing Their Job This Year

Leveraged ETFs Are Dangerous but They’re Doing Their Job This Year

Leveraged ETFs employ derivatives to give investors a convenient way to make magnified bets on an index like the S&P 500.

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The Market’s Favorite Active ETF Was Made for This Moment. Is It Delivering?

The Market’s Favorite Active ETF Was Made for This Moment. Is It Delivering?

JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (JEPI) is built to cushion volatility, but investors may find stronger returns in defensive sectors and dividend funds.

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5 Dividend Stocks to Weather Market Volatility and the Iran War

5 Dividend Stocks to Weather Market Volatility and the Iran War

PagSeguro Digital, First Bancorp, Essent Group, Enact Holdings, and Bread Financial offer a mix of dividends, low valuations, and steady profits as markets turn more volatile.

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2 ETFs Have Similar Names. Their Performances Couldn’t Be More Different.

2 ETFs Have Similar Names. Their Performances Couldn’t Be More Different.

VLUE has returned 7% in 2026, and is up 40% in the past 12 months—double the broad market’s gain.

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Like Welltower? Check Out This REIT Stock That Just Hiked Its Dividend.

Like Welltower? Check Out This REIT Stock That Just Hiked Its Dividend.

CareTrust, with a market capitalization of around $9 billion, is showing the kind of growth investors are bound to like. 

2 minute read

Utilities Are Havens. 4 Stocks With Juicy Dividend Yields—and Growth.

Utilities Are Havens. 4 Stocks With Juicy Dividend Yields—and Growth.

One reason for utilities’ success is investors appear to be gravitating toward defensive, hard-asset stocks.

2 minute read

Hilda Applbaum

Hilda Applbaum

Hilda Applbaum is a portfolio manager at Capital Group.

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3 Food Stocks With Big Dividend Yields That Wells Fargo Just Downgraded

3 Food Stocks With Big Dividend Yields That Wells Fargo Just Downgraded

Wells Fargo downgraded Conagra Brands, Campbell’s, and General Mills, warning inflation and sluggish consumption could pressure earnings even as their dividend yields top 6%.

2 minute read

Foreign Stocks Are Reeling. Dip Buying Could Pay Off.

Foreign Stocks Are Reeling. Dip Buying Could Pay Off.

The energy shock has hit markets in Europe and Asia, but their growth drivers are intact. Where to find bargains.

Long Read

UniteHealth and 8 More Dividend Stocks to Ride Out an Oil Shock

UniteHealth and 8 More Dividend Stocks to Ride Out an Oil Shock

Drugstore stocks, a car company and consumer stocks with low price-to-earnings ratios are all good bets.

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A Winning Blue-Chip Fund Flips the Script on the AI Trade

A Winning Blue-Chip Fund Flips the Script on the AI Trade

The Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF is trouncing the S&P 500 this year, reflecting investors’ renewed interest in “hard hat” sectors after years of obsession with Silicon Valley.

4 minute read

Small-Caps Are Running With the Big Dogs. What’s Worth Owning.

Small-Caps Are Running With the Big Dogs. What’s Worth Owning.

Consider these under-the-radar stocks and top-notch mutual funds.

Long Read

3 Dividend ETFs for Shelter in These Stormy Times

3 Dividend ETFs for Shelter in These Stormy Times

Companies that commit to regularly handing cash back to shareholders tend to have mature, stable business models.

2 minute read

This ETF Was Built for This Very Moment. So Why Hasn’t It Done Well?

This ETF Was Built for This Very Moment. So Why Hasn’t It Done Well?

How has the ETF handled the moment it was seemingly designed for? So far, the results are “meh.”

2 minute read

This Schwab Dividend ETF Is a Superstar. Defense and Energy Are Key.

This Schwab Dividend ETF Is a Superstar. Defense and Energy Are Key.

The fund’s success is due to a focus on the kind of companies investors have suddenly rediscovered after years of obsession with Silicon Valley.

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The S&P 500 Has a New Dividend Yield King. It Looks a Lot Safer Than the Last One.

The S&P 500 Has a New Dividend Yield King. It Looks a Lot Safer Than the Last One.

Conagra Brands currently has the highest payout ratio in the S&P 500 after LyondellBasell slashed its dividend in half.

3 minute read

The Blue-Collar Stock That Out-Returned Nvidia

The Blue-Collar Stock That Out-Returned Nvidia

The company’s “hard-hat” business, including data center work, benefits from the AI boom.

3 minute read

SL Green Looks Cheap, but Mamdani’s Tax Plan Is a Risk

SL Green Looks Cheap, but Mamdani’s Tax Plan Is a Risk

Shares of office-focused SL Green have plunged this year on weaker earnings and a dividend policy shift. A rebound in Manhattan leasing and affordable valuation could reward long-term holders—but income investors face real risks.

3 minute read

Dividend Stocks and Funds That Are Worth an Excursion Abroad

Dividend Stocks and Funds That Are Worth an Excursion Abroad

Yields abroad are higher, as they keep shrinking in the U.S.

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