Discover how participating preferred stockholders benefit from extra dividends and liquidation preferences, offering potentially greater payouts over traditional shares.

Jason Fernando is a professional investor and writer who enjoys tackling and communicating complex business and financial problems. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor ...

Share buybacks and dividends are both shareholder-friendly practices that reward investors. U.S. tax code favors long-term investors, and the long term is where share buybacks generally shine. In one ...

The following table shows the changes in NAV per share and dividends paid over the last 8 quarters (from June 30, 2023, through June 30, 2025), as a simple proxy for return on equity (“ROE”) to ...

Jon Smith explains why it's possible to find growth shares that also pay out income, with one from the insurance sector ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) ...

Farran Powell is the managing editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She was previously the assistant managing editor of investing at U.S. News & World Report. Her work has appeared in numerous ...

The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF tracks an index that screens for the best dividend stocks based on several dividend quality characteristics, including dividend yield and the five-year dividend ...

AT&T remains a compelling portfolio candidate for dividend investors, supported by robust fundamentals and a disciplined capital return strategy. T has initiated significant share buybacks, totaling ...

Looking to make an extra cash stream in later life? Royston Wild explains how passive income shares could help him retire ...

At an unguarded moment at a Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) (NYSE: BRK.A) shareholder meeting in 1967, then CEO Warren Buffett did something he immediately regretted: He agreed to pay a dividend. The ...