Author: Vitaliy Dadalyan

3 Dividend Growth Stocks to Buy Now

With the Federal Reserve set to pause once again on interest rates, investors have been given freedom to buy high-yielding assets. Bonds to REITs have seen their stars shine over the last few months. However, investors may want to focus beyond just a large headline yield.Truth be told, the best dividend stocks are those that have grown their payouts over time. And the proof is the pudding.According to Ned Davis Research study, in the years 1972 and 2013, dividend growth stocks managed to post an average annual return of 10.07%. That bested the 9.28% return for the entire dividend paying universe and was higher the overall stock market average return as well.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading TipsSimilarly, Hartford Fund's research shows that dividends constituted 33% of S&P 500 monthly total return between 1926 and 2015.Clearly dividend growth investing has been a powerful tool to build wealth. And...

Activision Blizzard Stock Is Bound to Rise After YouTube Streaming Deal

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) dropped a big announcement just days before its Q4 earnings are due. On Jan. 24, the video game company announced a new partnership with Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google. The deal will see Activision Blizzard's popular esports leagues stream exclusively on YouTube. In addition, Google Cloud becomes the preferred provider for the company's online gaming. After a disastrous 2018 that saw the stock fall off a cliff and lose over 40% of its value in three months, Activision was in recovery mode in 2019. The Google deal, added to the boost from new game console launches this fall, will help ATVI stock continue on the growth path.Source: Casimiro PT / Shutterstock.com Activision will be dumping Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Twitch to stream its esports league events exclusively on YouTube. This brings the popular Call of Duty, Hearthstone and Overwatch leagues to YouTube.Esports not only helps to drive video game sales, the...