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 ...

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Bullish market trends suggest the Nasdaq has additional upside over the coming year. These two stocks could help lead the rally higher.As we roll into a new year, investors are taking stock of the market's performance, and there's much to be thankful for. The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -1.63%) led the major indexes higher last year, rising 29% after gaining 43% in 2023. Despite fears to the contrary, history suggests the market could continue to climb higher in 2025.The Nasdaq first began trading in 1972, and ...

Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller of Duquesne Family Office outperformed the S&P 500 (^GSPC -1.54%) by 50 percentage points during the last three years. He purchased 239,980 shares of Broadcom (AVGO -2.18%) during the third quarter, and it now ranks among his top 15 holdings.Billionaire Steven Cohen of Point72 Asset Management outperformed the S&P 500 by 30 percentage points during the last three years. He bought 211,823 shares of Arista Networks (ANET -1.01%) in the third quarter, and it now ranks among hi ...