Portland General Electric ( POR ) is expected to announce a dividend increase this April, extending its 19-year streak of consecutive dividend growth. Looking at historical patterns, experts anticipate that the company will likely record a consensus annual dividend of around $2.17 per share. This works out to about $0.5425 every quarter, reflecting an increase of ~3.3% from the current ~$0.5250 di...
Portland General Electric ( POR ) is expected to announce a dividend increase this April, extending its 19-year streak of consecutive dividend growth. Looking at historical patterns, experts anticipate that the company will likely record a consensus annual dividend of around $2.17 per share. This works out to about $0.5425 every quarter, reflecting an increase of ~3.3% from the current ~$0.5250 distribution. The company paid out a dividend of about ~$0.5250 per share back in January 2026, which works out to an annual yield of 4.01%. Before that, in April of last year, the company raised its dividend slightly by about 0.6%, from $1.67 to $1.68. Over the past five years, the dividend has grown at ~5.49%, with a payout ratio of ~68.26%. As far as dividend quality metrics are concerned, the company carries a B rating for safety, a B- for growth, an A- for yield, and an A- for consistency. Portland General Electric ( POR ) is set to report its Q1 2026 earnings before the market opens on Friday, May 1, 2026. More on Portland General Electric Portland General Electric: Strong Dividend, Bailing Out Berkshire's PacifiCorp Portland General Electric: Move To The Sidelines Or Trade Out - Your Choice (Rating Downgrade) Portland General Electric Company 2025 Q4 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation Utilities offering the highest dividend yields amid rising market uncertainty Mid-Cap utility stocks ranked by quant ratings after earnings season
There's a major confirmation hearing in the Senate tomorrow that institutional investors will be glued to. Individual investors should listen in, too, as the nominee's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee could provide real insights about where the stock market will go from here. I'm talking about Kevin Warsh, of course, President Donald Trump's pick to be the next Federal Reserve chair. ...
There's a major confirmation hearing in the Senate tomorrow that institutional investors will be glued to. Individual investors should listen in, too, as the nominee's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee could provide real insights about where the stock market will go from here. I'm talking about Kevin Warsh, of course, President Donald Trump's pick to be the next Federal Reserve chair. Few -- if any -- government officials have the power to move the stock and bond markets that the Fed chief holds. Continue reading
The S&P 500 has soared past 7,000 for the first time. Our team reflects on the market’s rapid rebound and dissects the financial reports we’ve received so far.
The S&P 500 has soared past 7,000 for the first time. Our team reflects on the market’s rapid rebound and dissects the financial reports we’ve received so far.
johnnyscriv/E+ via Getty Images The market is off the charts. The S&P 500 ( SP500 ) closed at a new record high multiple times. The U.S. and Iran are still in talks to end the war, the first round of which failed last weekend, putting more pressure on reaching common ground in this next round of talks, which Iran has yet to confirm it will take part in. It’s without a doubt that the market is pric...
johnnyscriv/E+ via Getty Images The market is off the charts. The S&P 500 ( SP500 ) closed at a new record high multiple times. The U.S. and Iran are still in talks to end the war, the first round of which failed last weekend, putting more pressure on reaching common ground in this next round of talks, which Iran has yet to confirm it will take part in. It’s without a doubt that the market is pricing the glass half full, meaning eyeing a soon-to-be resolution. Oil futures ( CL1:COM ) ( CO1:COM ) are doing the same: even with a surge this morning, oil remains below $100 per barrel in the paper market, while it's trading closer to $145 in the spot, or physical, market. Bjarne Schieldrop, chief commodities analyst at SEB AB, noted that "markets are still betting on a timely resolution, but each day raises shortage risk…Physical oil flows remain constrained by disrupted flows, longer voyage times, and elevated freight and insurance costs." All signals point to the market not panicking, but the “ceasefire” rally has dangerously pushed stocks past pre-war levels. The worst part, arguably, is that this is a ceasefire in which, as of this weekend, fire has not ceased. The Open Strait lasted less than 24 hours The U.S. and Iran are back in the red zone after a great end to last week, with Iran officially opening the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. refused to remove its own naval blockade, which went into effect a week ago today. Truth Social The U.S. forced about 23 vessels back to Iran as part of its blockade, according to Reuters. Iran reinstated its own blockade in response, with Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stating: “It is impossible for others to pass through the Strait of Hormuz while we cannot.” Things got messier when the U.S. and Iran got more confrontational over the weekend, with the latter reportedly firing at tankers and the U.S. Navy seizing an Iranian vessel. Traffic through the Strait is halted once again, with Friday’s opening lasting less t...
Sundry Photography BlackBerry ( BB ) shares jumped more than 12.5% on Monday after it announced an expanded partnership with Nvidia ( NVDA ) for robotics and edge computing. The expanded relationship will see BlackBerry's QNX OS for Safety 8.0 integrated into Nvidia's IGTX Thor and Halos Safety Stack, BlackBerry said. This will bring QNX's real‑time operating system to Nvidia's safety platform to ...
Sundry Photography BlackBerry ( BB ) shares jumped more than 12.5% on Monday after it announced an expanded partnership with Nvidia ( NVDA ) for robotics and edge computing. The expanded relationship will see BlackBerry's QNX OS for Safety 8.0 integrated into Nvidia's IGTX Thor and Halos Safety Stack, BlackBerry said. This will bring QNX's real‑time operating system to Nvidia's safety platform to support regulated, AI‑enabled systems across robotics, medical technologies, industrial applications and more, the company said in a statement . "As robotics, medical, and industrial systems become more autonomous and software defined, safety and determinism cannot be afterthoughts," said John Wall, President, QNX. "Integrating QNX OS for Safety 8.0 with NVIDIA IGX Thor and NVIDIA Halos Safety Stack brings together a trusted real‑time safety foundation and a powerful functional safety platform for edge AI. This expanded collaboration builds on our work with the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor Development Kit and extends the same proven architecture from automotive into the next wave of regulated, intelligent systems." More on BlackBerry Limited, Nvidia NVIDIA Vs. AMD: Buy The Dominant Leader At A Discount Nvidia Stock Looks Like A Buy (Technical Analysis) Nvidia: I'm Finally Convinced (Rating Upgrade) SK hynix starts mass producing high-capacity memory for Nvidia Vera Rubin platform AI chip startups near record funding to challenge Nvidia, CNBC's Schwarz says
Retail investors are poised to drive the next leg of the stock market rally as they begin moving capital back into equities following a period of war-related caution, according to Tom Lee, Fundstrat’s head of research. In an interview with CNBC, Lee explained that while these investors initially pulled back during the buildup to the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, they are now “beginning to take m...
Retail investors are poised to drive the next leg of the stock market rally as they begin moving capital back into equities following a period of war-related caution, according to Tom Lee, Fundstrat’s head of research. In an interview with CNBC, Lee explained that while these investors initially pulled back during the buildup to the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, they are now “beginning to take money off the sidelines and buy stocks.” He predicted retail investors will ultimately end up “chasing stock rally” for solid fundamental reasons, including rising earnings estimates. The initial retail response to the Iran conflict was uncharacteristically risk-averse, breaking from the traditional “buy the dip” mentality that defined investor behavior during previous market disruptions like tariff concerns. Lee attributed this hesitance to “policy puzzlement,” noting that investors “didn’t really know how big this war could become” and feared gasoline price ( XB1:COM ) spikes could trigger a recession. “I think investors viewed the war, and the start of the war, as a time to take risk off the table,” Lee said, pointing to heavy selling in software stocks ( IGV ), ( XSW ) and the Magnificent Seven ( MAGS ) tech names. While retail investors remained on the sidelines, hedge funds moved early to add risk back into their portfolios. Lee confirmed this trend through Fundstrat’s client surveys and noted that the major “downside tail risks have been removed for the war.” This institutional activity has set the stage for retail participation to accelerate. Despite ongoing public concern about gasoline prices ( XB1:COM ), Lee argued the U.S. consumer is in better shape than sentiment surveys indicate. He emphasized that inflation-adjusted gasoline prices “aren’t nearly the burden they were five years ago, 10 years ago, even at the '08 peak.” Furthermore, Lee noted that “the war is stimulating the economy,” pointing to improvements in earnings estimates, ISM data , and the jobs repo...
One person died and six were injured on Monday after a trolleybus veered off the road and crashed into a supermarket in Salzburg, Austria’s Red Cross said. “One person died despite attempts to resuscitate,” a Red Cross spokeswoman told Agence France-Presse. Police said a 55-year-old passer-by was so seriously injured that he died at the scene of the accident. They said the driver and five passenge...
One person died and six were injured on Monday after a trolleybus veered off the road and crashed into a supermarket in Salzburg, Austria’s Red Cross said. “One person died despite attempts to resuscitate,” a Red Cross spokeswoman told Agence France-Presse. Police said a 55-year-old passer-by was so seriously injured that he died at the scene of the accident. They said the driver and five passengers were injured, while the Red Cross said a total of seven people were injured, two of them...
Musician has been charged after the dismembered and decomposing body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in abandoned Tesla The singer D4vd has been charged with the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez , the teenage girl whose dismembered and decomposed body was found in the artist’s apparently abandoned Tesla in September. The Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said the 21-year-old, who...
Musician has been charged after the dismembered and decomposing body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in abandoned Tesla The singer D4vd has been charged with the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez , the teenage girl whose dismembered and decomposed body was found in the artist’s apparently abandoned Tesla in September. The Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said the 21-year-old, whose legal name is David Burke, was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Rivas Hernandez, who was reported missing by her family in 2024, when she was 13. Authorities say she was 14 when she died. Continue reading...
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) generated a record $19 billion in free cash flow (FCF) in 2025 and returned nearly all of it to shareholders. Yet a significant portion of that cash comes from its declining broadband business, which lost over 700,000 domestic customers as fiber and fixed wireless competition intensified. This explains why the market is valuing the stock at just 8 times forward earnings -- ...
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) generated a record $19 billion in free cash flow (FCF) in 2025 and returned nearly all of it to shareholders. Yet a significant portion of that cash comes from its declining broadband business, which lost over 700,000 domestic customers as fiber and fixed wireless competition intensified. This explains why the market is valuing the stock at just 8 times forward earnings -- a price that implies its core cash flow provider is in structural decline. Continue reading