- Barrons.com
Dividends Hit a Record. Thank Disney and Meta Platforms.
Corporate America is showing investors the money. Dividend payments from U.S. companies hit a new record of $164.3 billion in the first quarter, up 7% from a year ago, according to the latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index released Thursday morning. Tech giants Microsoft and Apple are big dividend payers, as are fellow components JPMorgan Chase Chevron Johnson & Johnson and Verizon Costco Wholesale was also a dividend darling, thanks to a one-time special dividend of $15 a share (about $6.7 billion in total) that it paid in January, in addition to its regular payout.
- Investor's Business Daily
Magnificent Seven Stocks: Nvidia Stock Slides Ahead Of Earnings; Tesla Skids
Nvidia stock slipped Wednesday, ahead of the company's earnings report after the close, while Tesla fell sharply.
- Yahoo Finance
What Nvidia says about AI chip demand could matter for more than just the tech trade
Other sectors have rallied on AI demand, raising the stakes for the chipmaker's latest quarterly update.
