3 Top High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy in 2017

More often than not, dividend stocks are what form the foundation of any great retirement portfolio. Not only have dividend stocks handily outperformed non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run, but they also offer a number of other advantages that income investors are bound to like.

1 Reason Bank of Americas Stock Price Is Still So Low

It costs a little less than $23 to buy a share of Bank of America, and that’s after the post-election surge in bank stocks. Meanwhile, even the second least expensive big bank stock, Morgan Stanley The answer is that Bank of America has way more shares outstanding than any other bank.

China Inc. Struggle to Sell Bonds Poses Quandary for Economy

China’s roaring bond engine is stalling heading into the new year, posing a quandary for policy makers as they try to curb leverage while keeping economic growth on track. Bond issuance in December by Chinese companies and banks is 142 billion yuan less than the amount of notes they must repay this month, data combined by Bloomberg show.

WNBA offers players security app for safety overseas

In this June 5, 2016, file photo, Indiana Fever’s Marissa Coleman, left, shoots over Connecticut Sun’s Kelly Faris, right, during the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn. The WNBA is offering a security app to its players … to help them stay safer while they are overseas this offseason.

Cancer patient donates years’ worth of pizza to food bank

A Pennsylvania man going through treatment for colon cancer won a pizza parlor’s raffle for a years’ worth of free pies and then donated his prize to a local food bank. Thirty-six-year-old Josh Katrick, of Northampton, had just completed his eighth round of chemotherapy when he learned that he was the winner of his favorite neighborhood restaurant’s contest.