It's never a bad time to buy dividend stocks. After all, stocks that pay their investors back have been shown to outperform the non-dividend-paying variety.
Wall Street dipped on Friday as the novel coronavirus abruptly ended the longest spell of U.S. employment growth on record, but declines were limited by a surprise expansion in the U.S. services sector.
Opening up another front in the battle against the novel coronavirus, Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is setting its sights on South America. The automaker plans on making 50,000 face shields at its factories in Brazil and Argentina, according to Reuters, which the company will th
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Shares of General Motors (NYSE: GM) were falling on Thursday, after the company reported a decline in first-quarter U.S. sales, and investors grappled with the growing possibility that GM will suspend its dividend.
Ford Motor (NYSE: F) said that its U.S. sales fell 12.5% in the first quarter from a year ago, after the novel coronavirus outbreak brought production and sales to a near-halt in mid-March.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and executives at Germany's automakers are pondering when and how to restart automotive production, amid fears that some key suppliers may not have the cash to wait out the coronavirus pandemic.
The economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen, as stay-at-home orders have made more nonessential businesses shut their doors. The disruptions have had a huge effect on the workforce, with many businesses lacking the financial resources to keep workers on t
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Shares of automakers Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and General Motors (NYSE: GM), as well as those of online car-shopping service TrueCar (NASDAQ: TRUE), were all falling on Wednesday after some automakers reported dismal U.S. sales results for the month of March.
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, Chris Hill and Motley Fool senior analysts Jason Moser, Ron Gross, and Andy Cross go through the big headlines from the markets. The markets saw the biggest three-day rally since the 30s. The guys discuss the stimulus package, the effects of
3M (NYSE: MMM) is increasing its N95 mask production capacity at a heady pace as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. At the same time, 3M has also partnered with automaker Ford (NYSE: F) to boost production of 3M's Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs) by
With the coronavirus pandemic bringing jobs, businesses, global trade, and economies to a grinding halt, it's a great time to consider dividend stocks for their passive income. But while most dividend-paying companies make quarterly payments, there are a handful of good stocks t
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