It's been a tough year for Intel (INTC -1.66%). Its stock price has been essentially cut in half since Jan. 1 and it was booted out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average index in November.

Altria (MO 0.10%) has a huge 7.1% dividend yield. British American Tobacco (BTI 0.61%) has an even higher yield of roughly 8%.

In October, Wall Street celebrated the two-year anniversary of the current bull market. While the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has played an undeniably important role in lifting Wall Street's major stock indexes to new heights, the excitement surrounding select stock splits in 2024 has been key, as well.

Artemis Resources Ltd (ASX:ARV, AIM:ARV, OTCQB:ARTTF) has delivered promising gold and copper grades in rock chip sampling at Karratha Gold Project’s Thorpe prospect in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with results up to 45.8 g/t gold and 10.3% copper. The company was targeting outcropping mineralised veins across the Carlow tenement, expanding the gold footprint while also defining priority targets for drilling programs to explore. “We are very excited that prospects located on the Carlow tenement continue to deliver further high-grade gold, copper and silver results from extensive veins at surface,” Artemis Resources executive director George Ventouras said. “While several of these prospects have had minor drilling programs, the exploration team continues to compile data to identify the source of the widespread gold discovered at surface. “Combined with the Titan prospect and other targets in the immediate Carlow area, the future looks very bright for the Karratha Gold Project.” Rock chip results of note included: Artemis plans to commence drilling of key targets within the Carlow tenement starting in early 2025, subject to heritage clearance and other regulatory requirements. The company has commenced the process for surveys of areas not already cleared.

Dr Martens said its new CEO Ije Nwokorie will take over from incumbent Kenny Wilson on Jan. 6 2025, in a shakeup investors hope could boost the struggling boot maker

The iShares High Yield Corporate Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF writes covered calls on the HYG ETF to generate high distributions. The fund's strategy results in capped upside and uncapped downside, causing it to underperform the underlying HYG ETF over the long term. Given the monthly rolling of HYGW's covered calls and current low credit spreads, HYGW is likely to see capital losses as the economy weakens in the coming years.

Many investors look toward the tech sector for potential millionaire-maker stocks. But for every stock like Nvidia which minted new millionaires, there are plenty of stocks like Intel which shriveled over the past decade.

Shares of several global chip-related companies surged on Thursday, following a report that U.S. officials are considering less-stringent restrictions on sales to China.

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to impose steep tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico in one of his first acts in office, threatening to shake up the auto industry's supply chains and raising investor concerns about higher costs. The fact that Europe was not mentioned in Trump's first tariff announcement will be regarded as welcome news for European Union policymakers, although the 27-nation bloc is likely worried that it's just a matter of time before Trump turns his attention to the region's auto sector.

The name Walmart (WMT 0.62%) doesn't usually conjure up images of upscale shopping, but the discount supermarket giant, which happens to be the largest company in the U.S. by sales, has recently switched tracks to appeal to precisely this demographic.