Smith & Wesson Brands Inc Aktie News

While passive income should be a high priority in your overall investment strategy, acquiring quality names can be expensive, which brings us to low-cost dividend stocks. By moving away from the spotlight, you can find some attractive ideas.

A survey done in 2018 showed that there are over one billion small arms distributed throughout the world.

Small-cap stocks are coming into their own. Although they've experienced a pretty poor run over the past few years, they began to outshine their larger brethren beginning late last year.

In a recent column, I wrote: “Young people often are early adopters of products and companies that end up being wildly successful.” I noted that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA ), which were both extraordinarily popular with young consumers in their heydays, wound up growing tremendously.

Smith & Wesson has outperformed the S&P 500 and is expected to return a large portion of free cash flow to shareholders. Q3 results showed margin improvement and the potential for further improvements in the coming quarters. The company's normalized FCF is expected to benefit shareholders, allowing for potential dividend increases and buybacks.

Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWBI) Q3 2024 Earnings Conference Call March 7, 2024 5:00 PM ET

While the aura around so-called Joe Biden stocks is at best ambiguous because of the uncertainty surrounding any election cycle, if you have high conviction that the incumbent president can win a second term, there are certain ideas that stand out. Fundamentally, Democrats support progress – progress in values, principles and protocols.

The 2024 presidential election promises to be volatile, and that volatility will doubtlessly carry over to your stock portfolio. Historically, elections can double stock market volatility, depending on a handful of variable factors, which makes election stocks important to watch.