There are plenty of great stocks that offer attractive dividends and don't cost too much. Here are my picks for the smartest dividend stocks to buy with $100 right now. You can scoop up a share of Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) for roughly $23 at its current price.

Brookfield Infrastructure ( BIPC -0.83%) ( BIP 0.97%), Realty Income ( O 0.07%), and NextEra Energy ( NEE -0.85%) are three of the top options under that price point. Here's what makes them great stocks to buy in 2025 for those with a little bit of cash to invest.

Fintech, the broad term for financial technology, is expanding quickly as companies continue to merge their financial products with the latest tech innovations. Let's take a closer look at why American Express (NYSE: AXP) and SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) could be the right place for your money if you have $500 available to invest.

Trapped-ion quantum computing leader IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) is emerging as a potential leader in the commercialization of quantum computing through its trapped-ion technology approach. Unlike traditional superconducting quantum competitors,

Quantum computing stocks were red-hot recently, but Jensen Huang just offered optimistic investors a reality check.

Comments from Nvidia's CEO about the quantum computing timeline spooked investors earlier this month -- and quantum computing stocks tumbled. But certain catalysts could lift these players in the near and long term.