The company's premium SUV is hitting the market, but whether it will provide the breakthrough investors need is unclear.Lucid (LCID 1.34%) burst onto the electric vehicle (EV) scene in late 2021 with its technologically impressive Lucid Air sedan. The premium EV even won MotorTrend's Car of the Year award in 2022. The automotive magazine referred to the car as a game changer at the time. Roughly three years later, the company is poised to produce just 9,000 vehicles when it wraps up its 2024 numbers.The ago ...

If you're looking for a top dividend stock to own, you want to be sure to consider whether it increases its payout and keep track of how quickly it normally does so. The rate of increases can be key to ensuring that inflation isn't eating up your dividend income over time. It also demonstrates to investors just how committed the company is to increasing the dividend.Three stocks that pay dividends and have been among the most generous when it comes to raising their payouts include UnitedHealth Group (UNH -0 ...

The market indices all hit new highs in 2024, but some top consumer brands didn't fare as well and saw their share prices tumble to new lows. For income investors, this is a great time to buy shares of quality dividend stocks that are offering their highest yields in years. Here are two discounted dividend stocks to buy for the long term.1. NikeNike (NKE -0.13%) has a long history of delivering excellent returns to investors. The athletic wear market has grown for a long time. Statista expects it will reach ...

These wildly successful companies are poised to keep your dividend portfolio healthy in 2025 and beyond.There might not be a better place to find winning stocks that can slowly make you wealthy over decades than the healthcare industry. It's an evergreen, multitrillion-dollar market that promotes growth and innovation because better healthcare saves lives.If you want to know which healthcare companies to choose to invest in, the answer is easy: Look for those that keep raising dividends. It's not a sure thi ...

McDonald's (MCD -1.60%) is coming off a tough year in 2024. But that's really only part of the story for a stock that simply hasn't been a good buy for a while now. Last year was just the latest one in which the popular fast food stock underperformed the market. Now, in five of the past six years, McDonald's has generated worse returns than the S&P 500.Is the stock likely to underperform again in 2025, or are there reasons for investors to be more bullish on the business in the new year? Is it time for inve ...

For almost a decade, I held research analyst positions in various investment firms, mostly in Toronto. In the summer of 2021, I left the city and moved into a yurt I built in the boreal forest, approximately 100km away from the closest paved road or grocery store.Self-sufficiency does not exist, as I am replacing my relationships with grocery stores and utility providers with natural ecosystems and, ultimately, with God. Knowing that I am able to fulfill my basic needs even when alone in the woods allowed m ...

Microsoft (MSFT -1.32%) made headlines late last week when it announced it would spend $80 billion this year building data centers that would train artificial intelligence (AI) models and handle AI and cloud-based applications around the world. More than half of the investment will be in the U.S. To put the amount Microsoft is spending on AI infrastructure in perspective, that is more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of many countries, including Croatia and Lithuania (to name just two). Microsoft's Azu ...

With a nearly 12,000% gain since its IPO, Starbucks (SBUX -0.38%) has undoubtedly created a few millionaires out of investors that bought its stock in the early days and held on to it over the years. Given Starbucks' huge returns, investors may be wondering if there could be another big coffee stock winner brewing.The coffeehouse operator with the best chance to replicate Starbucks' success is Dutch Bros (BROS 1.80%). Let's look at the opportunities in front of the company.The right ingredientsIn order for ...

When it comes to looking at stocks that will benefit the most from artificial intelligence (AI), the technology sector is front and center. However, it is not the only sector set to benefit.Companies in the energy midstream space are also poised to get a nice boost because AI training and inference are very energy-intensive endeavors. According to Bank of America, electricity demand for data centers is forecast to rise between 10% to 15% a year between now and 2030 and could make up 5% of all worldwide powe ...

It may feel like déjà vu for Dollar General (DG -0.36%) investors these days. The stock was down 44% in 2024 in what was a near repeat performance of how badly it did in the previous year, when its shares fell by nearly 45%. The discount retailer is dealing with rising costs and increased competition, making it difficult for it to produce strong results.Has the stock bottomed out and can investors still trust it? Or is Dollar General simply too dangerous of an investment to be holding on to right now?Why ha ...