Dividend Stocks

Investors lost their appetite following a weak McCormick earnings report that saw the spice maker fall short of analyst expectations. Read more

The human resources services provider handily beat fiscal first-quarter earnings expectations, leading to a 3.5% rise in Paychex shares on Wednesday. Read more

Two Dividend Aristocrats that maintain industry-leading positions are primed to hike their dividend payments this month. Read more

Lockheed Martin is fighting through a difficult environment of declining defense spending in the U.S., but you wouldn’t know it from its dividend. Read more

Utilities are highly recession-resistant businesses. After all, people always need to keep the lights on, even when the economy isn’t doing well. Read more

Tech stocks aren’t usually viewed as stalwarts of a typical dividend portfolio. But Microsoft’s 3.2% dividend yield is about as rock solid as they come. Read more

It’s been a bad week for Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn. Read more

MetLife stock has been hit hard in the last two months, falling almost 17.5%. Read more

With oil and gas prices continuing to fall, the Chevron dividend yield has spiked to 5.5% – its highest level in the past decade. Read more