Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

Improve Your Retirement Income with These 3 Top-Ranked Dividend Stocks

Believe it or not, seniors fear running out of cash more than they fear dying. Also, retirees who have constructed a nest egg have valid justifications to be concerned, since the traditional ways to plan for retirement may mean income can... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 days ago

5 Defensive Stocks to Buy as Consumer Confidence Hits 7-Month Low

The confidence level of Americans hit rock bottom in August. Growing concerns over sky-high inflation and the labor market outlook have been dampening their sentiment. Also, concerns have lately grown that oil prices could rise further and... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 days ago

How Much Do You Need Invested by 55 to Retire on Dividends at 65?

Quick Read To generate $50,000 annually from dividends at 65, a retiree needs roughly $1.43 million in a 3.5% dividend-growth portfolio by retirement. Higher yield tiers demand far less capital, such as $833,000 at 6% or $500,000 at 10%,... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 3 days ago

How Much Do You Need Invested to Out-Earn the Average American Household Income With Dividends?

Quick Read Replacing the $80,610 median U.S. household income with dividends requires roughly $2 million to $2.3 million invested at a conservative 3.5% to 4% yield. Ultra-high-yield strategies cut required capital to ~$806,000 at 10%, bu... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 5 days ago

4 High-Yield Stocks That Hand the IRS Nothing Inside a Roth

Quick Read KHC's 6.23% yield carries the steepest annual tax drag of the four; KMB's 54-year dividend growth streak makes both the top Roth placement priorities. Equal-weighting $500,000 across all four stocks produces ~$21,800 in annual... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 5 days ago

5 High-Yield Dividend Stocks for Retirement Income

Quick Read KMB yields 4.67% after a 14% one-year price decline, and PEP's 4.05% yield backs $8.9B in planned 2026 shareholder cash returns. Dividends have historically grown at twice the inflation rate, making payout growth as critical as... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

ComEd Debuts Mobile Assistance Unit at Waukegan Resource Fair, Bringing On-Site Bill Help Directly to Customers

Fleet of mobile office vehicles are ComEd's latest effort to expand bill-assistance and energy-saving programs and bring them directly into northern Illinois communities CHICAGO, August 22, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TodayComEd unveiled the f... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 6 days ago

ComEd Sending More Than 60 Employees to Assist NIPSCO with Restoration Work

Crews to assist restoring more than 30,000 northwest Indiana customers still out of power CHICAGO, August 22, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the restoration of more than 410,000 customers after multiple rounds of severe weather in north... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 days ago

How a 77-Year-Old Collects $9,700 a Month Without Selling a Single Share

Quick Read PepsiCo yields 4.0% and Kimberly-Clark 4.6% with a 54-year dividend streak, anchoring a conservative tier that requires $3.3 million in capital. Northern Trust just raised its quarterly dividend 10%, and shares have returned 25... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 7 days ago

ComEd, EV Ambassador Program Spotlight Small Businesses Advancing Transportation Electrification Across Northern Illinois

Event highlights how community-based outreach, education and fleet rebates are helping businesses adopt electric vehicles and reduce transportation costs CHICAGO, August 21, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ComEd today joined local small-business o... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 13 days ago

ComEd Restores Power to 99% of Customers Impacted by Aug. 11-12 Storms

Nearly 410,000 customer outages reported following severe storms that impacted all of northern Illinois CHICAGO, August 16, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ComEd has restored power to approximately 99% of customers impacted by the Aug. 11-12 storm... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 17 days ago

ComEd Restoring Power in Wake of Thunderstorms, Second Round of Severe Storms in Three Days

CHICAGO, August 11, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ComEd crews are working to restore power to more than 370,000 customers in the wake of a dangerous line of thunderstorms that swept through northern Illinois this morning -- just hours after ComEd... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 27 days ago

Data center power boom in focus as 12 of 16 utility stocks beat EPS estimates this week: Earnings Scorecard

[Electricity pylons at sunset] James O'Neil Utility stocks stayed in focus this week as investors assessed quarterly earnings from CenterPoint Energy (CNP [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CNP]), DTE Energy (DTE [https://seekingalpha.com/... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 28 days ago

Does Steady Q2 Results And New Grid Projects Change The Bull Case For Exelon (EXC)?

Exelon Corporation recently reported past second-quarter 2026 results, with revenue rising to US$5,967 million from US$5,427 million a year earlier, while net income and earnings per share were essentially flat, and the board declared a re... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 29 days ago

Stocks Rally on Stellar Microsoft Earnings and Chip Stock Strength

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) today is up +0.86%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) is up +0.29%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up +2.65%.  September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) are up +0.84%, and September E-mini... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Citi picks and pans for H2 '26: fintech, industrials, climate tech

[Citigroup company office building] Citi released its roadmap for the second half of 2026, including a macro-to-micro view of equity sectors. "Our recently revised S&P 500 (SPY [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SPY]) (IVV [https://seeking... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

ComEd Restores Power to Over 240,000 Customers as Crews Push Through Holiday Weekend to Finish Restoration

About 95% of customers impacted by four rounds of severe storms restored; work continues Sunday to bring remaining customers CHICAGO, July 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ComEd crews are entering the final stretch of restoration efforts after... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

Largest U.S. power grid orders emergency curbs to avoid blackouts

[Electricity concepts. High voltage transformers with night city lights] s-cphoto/iStock via Getty Images The largest U.S. power grid operator, PJM Interconnection, said Friday ​it is ​under a federal emergency alert [https://www.reuters.... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

U.S. issues emergency order for largest power grid as record heat nears

[High Voltage Electric Power Lines At Sunset] imaginima/iStock via Getty Images The Trump administration declared a power emergency [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-30/emergency-ordered-for-largest-us-power-grid-as-record-... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 2 months ago

eBay Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing Exelon

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, eBay Inc. (Symbol: EBAY) has taken over the #234 spot from Exelon Corp (Symbol: EXC), according to The Online Investor. Market capita... Full story