A list of high-quality dividend-growth stocks trading near 52-week lows is evaluated based on historical and future fair values. Alphabet's strong financials, attractive historical valuations, and promising future growth make it a compelling investment, despite concerns about AI competition and DOJ scrutiny. Other potentially attractively valued dividend growth stocks include United Parcel Service, Merck, Pfizer, UnitedHealth Group, PepsiCo, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Qualcomm, Elevance Health, A. O. Smith, and Chevron.
Read MoreThe stock market may not seem like the friendliest place for investors right now, with the three major benchmarks -- the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq Composite -- down since the start of the year. Worries about President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on imports have halted the positive momentum that carried indexes over the past two years.
Read MoreWarren Buffett is often considered the greatest investor of all time. His views on this topic (and related ones) carry significant weight on Wall Street, with investors and analysts alike often hanging on his every word during Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) legendary annual meetings.
Read MoreGoogle's Search business remains robust, with record DAUs and 11% YoY revenue growth, despite AI competition fears. The tech giant's diversified revenue streams, including YouTube and Google Cloud, bolster its financial stability and growth prospects. The company's aggressive $75 billion capex investment aims to sustain its market dominance and counter AI threats.
Read MoreConsumer advocate Residual Joe unveils an educational platform to help families respond to debt collection lawsuits without legal representation Baltimore, Maryland--(Newsfile Corp. - May 11, 2025) - Residual Joe LLC and consumer law educator and founder, Residual Joe, has launched a legal empowerment platform designed to help individuals better understand their rights when dealing with debt collectors. The launch follows the success of his book Debt Collector's Worst Nightmare: How to Fight Back and Win in Court Without a Lawyer, which recently reached #1 in Amazon's Consumer Law category.
Read MoreBad news for Alphabet (GOOG -0.92%) (GOOGL -1.02%). Consumer technology titan Apple (AAPL 0.49%) may soon be adding artificial intelligence (AI)-powered web-search tools like OpenAI and Perplexity to its mix of search platforms offered to users of Apple's Safari web browser.
Read MoreThe tech industry seems to have two thoughts when it comes to where human workers fit into the AI-powered world they are creating: Either they think that all the jobs, except perhaps their own, will be done by bots. (VC Marc Andreessen seems to think that his work as an investor could never be automated).
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