
We picked three dividend stocks to beat the market in 2026, and the results split in ways that reveal something uncomfortable about how income investors actually grade their own calls.
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We picked three dividend stocks to beat the market in 2026, and the results split in ways that reveal something uncomfortable about how income investors actually grade their own calls.

Shares of Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) are down 5% to $20.45 in early Thursday trading. The slide arrives despite a fiscal second-quarter beat and a raised full-year outlook that the company delivered before the open. The reaction looks company-specific, since retail peers are barely moving on the same session. That locates the response inside Macy’s own […]

AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) stock is up 5% to $147.90 in early Thursday trading after the company reported fiscal Q1 2027 results and announced its first international commercial order for the LOCUST laser weapon system. It’s a company-specific move against a softer backdrop for the rest of the defense-drone complex. Unusual Machines (NYSEAMERICAN:UMAC) stock is holding steady, […]

John Ternus just made his first big call as Apple's new CEO, betting the entire AI future on one device. Whether that concentration becomes the company's greatest strength or its most dangerous vulnerability depends on what happens over the next two earnings prints.

NVIDIA just posted revenue growth that left Wall Street scrambling to revise its models upward, and the stock is knocking on its all-time high door. Whether that price already prices in everything good ahead is the question every investor needs to answer before November.

Azure just crossed $100 billion in annual revenue and the stock is trading well off its highs, which raises an uncomfortable question about whether the selloff reflects a real problem or a market overreaction worth exploiting.

A century-old tax provision buried in the IRS code lets wealthy investors hand over a portfolio of appreciated stock, receive fund shares in return, and walk away without triggering a single dollar of capital gains tax that day. The question is whether anything close to it exists for everyone else.
Dave Ramsey told retirees to ditch bonds on live radio, and a close look at the actual Treasury yields and withdrawal math reveals whether that advice is reckless or overdue.
Two Vanguard funds share the same large-cap universe, the same rock-bottom fee, and the same issuer, yet one is lapping the other by a stunning margin this year, and the reason comes down to seven stocks you probably already own too many times over.

Chewy beat revenue estimates and raised its full-year outlook, yet the stock cratered anyway while a rival fresh-food maker moved in the opposite direction. The reason behind that split reveals something important about where the pet industry is actually headed.

Pinterest is bleeding out 8% with no fresh headline to blame, and the social peers barely flinched. Something specific is haunting this stock, and it goes deeper than one bad session.

Barclays raised its year-end S&P 500 target to 7,950 Wednesday, betting stronger earnings and continued artificial intelligence spending can keep the rally going. The bank lifted its target from 7,800 and raised its 2026 earnings-per-share forecast to $365 from $337,...

Cruise stocks are sinking midday as a surprise surge in oil prices flips the fuel-cost thesis that bulls were counting on, and Norwegian is absorbing the hit harder than its rivals for reasons tied directly to its balance sheet.

Citi just slapped a Buy rating on UiPath with a target nearly 70% above the current price, yet shares keep falling. Here is what the bull and bear camps are fighting over ahead of a high-stakes investor day that could flip the narrative.

SoFi shrugged off a reported Kraken crypto partnership and S&P 500 inclusion buzz to drop 3%, while Affirm bled 5% on nothing but sector mood. Find out why Robinhood is the only one left standing and what that split reveals about where fintech risk appetite actually sits right now.

Federal Reserve rate-hike odds just handed quantum computing stocks their sharpest single-session hit in weeks, and the reason has nothing to do with anything these companies actually did.

A multi-billion-dollar insider unlock window just opened at the newly public space giant, and the shockwave is spreading across the entire sector. Here is what the next few trading sessions will reveal about whether insiders plan to cash out or hold their ground.

Comcast and Charter are tanking in unison today with no fresh filings or analyst actions to explain the size of the moves, and the usual culprit of wireless competition does not quite fit either.

Jim Cramer says buy the Magnificent Seven before the AI payoff hits, but one market strategist argues the group has already fractured into winners and losers, and the 2026 scoreboard is starting to prove him right.

A collectibles category few investors were watching just drove GameStop's most profitable second quarter ever, and a director moved seven figures into the stock the same morning results dropped.

SanDisk has turned into one of the most violent momentum trades of the cycle, surging over 600% in under a year on an AI storage bull case that looks genuinely compelling and genuinely dangerous at the same time.

TPG just bought into the exact Optum clinics that derailed UnitedHealth's profits, and management is hours away from reaffirming guidance that could either validate the deal or reopen a wound investors hoped was healing.

Jim Cramer told a caller that playing it safe with bonds can be the most dangerous move a young investor makes, and five years of market data back him up in a way that is genuinely uncomfortable to look at.

Nebius just auctioned its first Blackwell capacity above any price it has ever charged, and management says it could sell all of 2027 right now but is choosing not to. Whether that restraint makes the stock a buy at these levels depends on signals the market has not priced in yet.

Apple's new CEO John Ternus faces his first real test before he has even settled in, as customers weigh whether to absorb two price increases inside two weeks or simply sit out the upgrade cycle entirely.

Fastly is surging 7% on a session when the cloud sector and broad market are both sliding, and no news, analyst call, or catalyst explains the move. The reason behind the rally matters a lot given where the stock sits after a 123% run this year.

Meta just attached a price tag to its AI ambitions, and traders are now asking whether a consumer subscription can justify one of the biggest capital budgets in tech history while a key rival takes an immediate hit.
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