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Five companies quietly raised their dividends in 2026, but a record cash year, a debt-free balance sheet, and a 19-year streak of increases tell very different stories about which payouts can survive the next economic shock.

That’s the question a group of students at Boston International Newcomers Academy (BINCA) recently tackled as part of a financial literacy lesson led by local finance professionals. Using worksheets and calculators, students weighed choices many adults face every day, including transportation costs, housing expenses and how rising gas prices can affect a budget.

Every wise finance article on the internet will share one common piece of advice: Don’t put all your eggs in one basket when it comes to investing.

Every share you sell to cover a retirement expense stops working for you forever, but there is a way to collect cash every quarter without shrinking your stake at all. Three dividend payers with ex-dates clustered within days of each…

A yield above 6% looks like a retirement lifeline until the math behind it starts to crack. Five familiar dividend names are flashing the kind of payout warnings that show up quietly in the numbers long before a cut hits…

Most retirees chase yield and end up with dividends that vanish the moment the economy wobbles. These five stocks solve that problem by pairing high payouts with the kind of coverage ratios that let income keep flowing even when markets…

Why do people leave their Medicare plans? Surveys from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) offer nearly 30 different reasons from five major categories. I pulled together five years of survey data to analyze trends across nearly 100 companies offering Medicare Advantage and/or Part D prescription drug plans.