These three funds will pay you mountains of cash from over 1,500 individual companies. Diverse dividend investing doesn't get any easier than that.
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There is no shortage of excellent, low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that specialize in dividend stocks. There are some that focus on stocks that pay above-average dividends, stocks whose dividends...
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If you're looking to get geographical diversification in your portfolio, here are some low-cost ways to do it.
Vanguard recently executed its largest cut to investment fees in its roughly five-decade existence. The largest investment management firm in the world lowered the expense ratio on 168 of its mutual funds...