NVIDIA

Apple

Microsoft

Amazon

Alphabet

Tesla

Broadcom

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. - Ordinary Shares - Class B

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

SPY tracks a market cap-weighted index of US large- and mid-cap stocks selected by the S&P Committee.

Amphenol

Coca-Cola European Partners plc

Canadian National Railway Company

Domino's Pizza

Elevance Health Inc

Global Payments

Mastercard

MSCI

NIKE

Old Dominion Freight Line

Rollins

Sirius XM Holdings Inc

UnitedHealth Group

Visa

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

Zoetis

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust posted a 1.21% gain in July, underperforming Vanguard's Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares by +3.97%. The top 15 dividend growth stocks for August 2024 offer an average dividend yield of 1.49% and appear to be about 28% undervalued based on dividend yield theory. Since its inception in September 2020, the watchlist has achieved a 12.25% annualized return.

My Top 15 High-Growth Dividend Stocks For August 2024

Comcast

Darden Restaurants

Evergy Inc

NextEra Energy

Starbucks

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

WEC Energy Group

Xcel Energy

The bull run continues for SPY in July, with the ETF adding 1.21% to its year-to-date return. After breaking a 3-month winning streak in June the watchlist comes back strong in July posting a gain of 5.72%. The top 10 stocks on the watchlist for August 2024 offer a 3.66% dividend yield, more than double the S&P 500.

My Top 10 High-Yield Dividend Stocks For August 2024

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Plenty of investors may be out of office this summer, but ETFs aren't on vacation. Despite ETFs frequently seeing Summer lulls, this year inflows are nearing a record pace.

No Summer Vacation for ETFs as Flows Near Record Pace in July

Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

SP Plus

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

This article provides an update on the monthly moving averages we track for the S&P 500 and the Ivy Portfolio after the close of the last business day of the month. The Ivy Portfolio The Ivy Portfolio is based on the asset allocation strategy used by endowment funds from Harvard and Yale.

Moving Averages: S&P Finishes July 2024 Up 1.1%

Abbott Labs

Albemarle

Franklin Resources

C.H. Robinson Worldwide

Clorox

Hormel Foods

Medtronic

McCormick

Nordson

ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Realty Income Corp

PPG Industries

Stanley Black & Decker

Target

T. Rowe Price Group

The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF slumps to end the first half of 2024, posting a loss of 1.40% in June. I present 3 strategies that can theoretically beat the dividend aristocrat index in the long term. After 36 months of tracking these strategies, two strategies are outperforming NOBL, while 1 remains relatively close.

My Best Dividend Aristocrats For August 2024

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

ETFs across various categories pulled in $22.1 billion in capital last week.

5 ETFs That Gained Maximum Investor Attention Last Week

WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

iShares MSCI India ETF

KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF

Our global markets watchlist tracks eight prominent indexes from economies around the world.

World Markets Watchlist: July 29, 2024

Economic indicators are released every week to provide insight into the overall health and performance of an economy. They serve as essential tools for policymakers, advisors, investors, and businesses.

Exploring Economic Indicators: GDP & the Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge

Ares Capital

Barings BDC Inc

iShares Select Dividend ETF

EPR Properties

W. P. Carey

Investing in high-flying growth stocks can be risky due to frothy valuations, leading to market rotation towards dividend stocks like iShares Select Dividend ETF in recent days. Barings BDC offers a 10.3% yield with a well-diversified and conservatively structured portfolio, showing steady NAV growth and strong NII per share performance. EPR Properties, a net lease REIT, provides an attractive 7.5% yield and potential for capital appreciation, trading at a discount to peers with strong financials and diverse portfolio.

Buy These 7-10% Yielding Cash Cows For Retirement Income

Agree Realty

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

Brookfield Renewable Partners

Cullen/Frost Bankers

Clearway Energy

WisdomTree US Smallcap Quality Dividend Growth Fund

InvenTrust Properties Corp

Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF

Phillips Edison & Co Inc

Invesco QQQ

Regency Centers

Rexford Industrial Realty

Robert Half Int.

Retail Opportunity Investments

American consumers' savings and spending patterns, illustrated through charts, showing a shift towards credit card debt and rising delinquency rates. Market rotation towards the real estate sector, with tech stocks facing pressure and small caps outperforming. Celebrating recent investment successes with Agree Realty, Cullen/Frost Bankers, and InvenTrust Properties, while discussing new additions to the buy list.

6 Stocks I'm Buying Amid A Major Market Rotation

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

For the first time in over three months, the S&P 500 fell for a second straight week as it finished down 0.83% from last Friday. The index is currently up 16.10% year to date and has recorded a new all-time high 38 times this year.

S&P 500 Snapshot: Index Falls for Second Straight Week

Adobe

Booking Hlds

Chipotle

Costco

Home Depot

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

MercadoLibre

S&P Global

The market has been running hot in 2024, with S&P 500 up 13.9% year-to-date. Market experienced its first 2% or more pullback in 356 trading days, yesterday. Investors should be cautious with earnings season in full-swing amidst sky-high expectations and lofty valuations.

Market Turmoil: 12 Blue-Chips To Buy If The Market Keeps Dropping

The inverted yield curve in recent months hasn't led to a recession yet, possibly due to big tech companies' influence and other reasons. However, the leading economic indicators are worsening - never before have the LEIs declined for so long without a recession.

SPY: Don't Be The 'Greater Fool'

iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

A simple, low-fee S&P 500 index fund can be all you need to build wealth for retirement. You might want to deploy some of your long-term dollars into potential faster growers.

These 3 Simple ETFs Could Turn $500 a Month Into $1.5 Million

SPY ETF is an index fund loved by many for good reasons. However, I do believe that the S&P 500 has several hurdles to cross given the current economic situation. In addition, there are many alternatives to SPY ETF which offer more portfolio diversification and/or cost efficiency.

SPY: Good, But Not The Best

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Most working people need to save more for retirement. Investing is a great tool to accomplish this.

Want $1 Million in Retirement? 4 ETFs to Buy Now and Hold for Decades

SA analysts are optimistic about REITs due to an expected interest rate drop. REITs dropped more than the Russell 2000 and the equal-weight S&P 500 in response to interest rate increases. Future developments are far from certain; be cautious about a REIT rally.

A Cautionary Note On The Impending REIT Rally

Since my previous writing, SPY has become more attractively valued with an unchanged CAPE ratio but lower real interest rates. More importantly, the probability of interest rate cuts in 2024 has dramatically increased. Meanwhile, the Q2 earnings forecast points to double-digit annual EPS growth from the underlying companies.

SPY: Q2 Earnings And Rate Cut Probability Improved Its Return Outlook

Amid "goldilocks" economic data in the first half of 2024, Mr. Market has priced a "no" landing scenario into the equity markets. However, rising unemployment and impending yield curve uninversion threaten to break the "soft/no" narrative. The top-heavy market rally off of 2022 lows has been driven by P/E multiple expansion. If we get a hard landing (recession), S&P 500 investors are set up for a rude awakening.

SPY: Prematurely Priced For A 'Soft' Landing

World Markets Watchlist: July 22, 2024

Advanced Micro Devices

Arista Networks

Micron Technology

QUALCOMM

In April, I expected tech and AI to be in a correction by June - so far, right on track. Evidence in July shows Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm, and Micron in corrective structures, while other names like Meta Platforms are joining their hardware brethren. Overall, AI has begun a correction, and it may last for a few months, with bounces along the way.

Indexes Are At All-Time Highs, But AI Stocks Are Already Correcting (Technical Analysis)

Amplify Online Retail ETF

Proshares Online Retail ETF

VanEck Vectors Retail ETF

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

SPDR S&P Retail ETF

Economic indicators provide insight into the overall health and performance of an economy. They are essential tools for policymakers, advisors, investors, and businesses because they allow them to make informed decisions regarding business strategies and financial markets.

Exploring Economic Indicators: June 2024 Recession Indicators

The S&P 500 fell 2.0% this week, its largest weekly drop since April. The index is currently up 16.07% year to date and has recorded a new all-time high 38 times this year.

S&P 500 Snapshot: Taking a Breather

Avantis US Equity ETF

Active ETFs are on the rise. More than 30 years since the arrival of the first ETF in the U.S., active ETFs are now having their moment.

How Active ETFs Build on Passive Benefits

T.Rowe Price Small-Mid Cap ETF

SPY may be the landmark ETF many investors know about, but it isn't the be-all, end-all in the space. Plenty of ETFs can complement the strategy, offering a different view away from the mega-cap-heavy S&P 500.

This SMID Cap ETF Outperformed SPY Over the Last Month

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