The healthcare giant just took a major step that could reshape its MedTech business and boost its dividend track record.

We’ll talk about how we can get in at a bargain—a “double discount,” if you will—and grab that growing 7.2% dividend, too.

So far, some of 2026’s biggest winners are last year’s also-rans. The $76 billion Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity exchange-traded fund, one of the market’s largest dividend ETFs, struggled last year: It returned just 4.3%, when the market returned nearly 18%.

Dividend investing and total return investing are often presented as competing philosophies, each with its own set of loyal advocates who dismiss the other as missing the point. Dividend investors are going to argue that cash flow matters more than any kind of paper gains.

Mondelez International, Inc. is rated a Hold, suffered a massive decline in recent months. Learn more about MDLZ stock here.

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Bank stocks haven’t exactly been the darlings of income investors over the past few years, for understandable reasons. Between regional banking stress, interest rate uncertainty, and regular overhang,

Energy technology company SLB (SLB) just rolled out something that could reshape how it pays dividends to shareholders for years to come. The company, formerly known as Schlumberger, launched Tela in 2025,

The IRS says the December 2025 $1,776 payment was treated as a supplemental housing allowance, not taxable income. That’s consistent with tax rules that exclude military allowances from gross income.

Income investors have flocked to the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPI) for years, and it is easy to see why. You get a juicy 8% dividend yield on top of limited participation in the market’s upside.