Building A 7%-Yielding Dividend Growth Portfolio With SCHD As Its Core Holding

SCHD is one of the best dividend growth ETFs available, but its modest 3% yield and several important diversification gaps make it insufficient for many income-focused retirees. I explain how investors can potentially more than double SCHD's yield while maintaining meaningful dividend growth, broad diversification, and exposure to several beaten-down high-yield sectors. I share a near-7%-yielding retirement portfolio blueprint, including specific holdings, portfolio allocations, and the key risks investors should understand before putting their retirement savings to work.

Seeking Alpha • 11 hours ago

Qualcomm Stock Has an AI Opportunity Most Nvidia Investors May Be Overlooking

Qualcomm just posted a 61% automotive surge and quietly signed two hyperscaler custom silicon deals, yet the market still prices it like a handset company. Here is why that gap may not last much longer.

24/7 Wall Street • Oct 28, 2026

Earnings Preview: Qualcomm (QCOM) Q4 Earnings Expected to Decline

Qualcomm (QCOM) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Zacks Investment Research • Oct 28, 2026

ON Semiconductor Falls 5%, NXP Semiconductors Drops 4% as Soft Guidance Revives Auto Chip Worries; Skyworks Ticks Up, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments Dip

Handset-focused peers are a mixed bag today, it seems. Soft guidance from NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ:NXPI | NXPI Price Prediction) is hitting the chipmakers most tied to the auto industry.

24/7 Wall Street • Oct 28, 2026

IBM vs. Qualcomm: Which AI Tech Giant Has More Upside Now?

IBM and QCOM are expanding their AI footprints, but contrasting growth prospects, competitive pressures and valuations make one stock more attractive.

Zacks Investment Research • Oct 28, 2026

Anduril, Qualcomm partner on new line of US-made laptops

Defense tech firm Anduril said on Tuesday it plans to build a series of rugged computers in ​the United States for government and military customers, using chips ‌from Qualcomm.

Reuters • Oct 27, 2026

Anduril, Qualcomm launch BlueChip, a new kind of US-made laptop

Anduril founder Palmer Luckey is vowing to bring computer manufacturing back to the U.S. And by that, he doesn't just mean assembly, but the production of every individual component, some of which are exclusively made in China today.

TechCrunch • Oct 27, 2026

Defense Contractor Anduril Will Build American-Made Laptop With Qualcomm

Anduril Industries and Qualcomm are producing laptops designed and assembled in the US, called BlueChip, to supply critical industries. Ed Ludlow has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest.

Bloomberg Technology • Oct 27, 2026

Anduril and Qualcomm Plan to Build US Laptop

Defense tech startup Anduril is joining forces with chipmaker Qualcomm to build a new American-made laptop, called BlueChip. Anduril founder Palmer Luckey explains why the country's military and critical industries need computers that are fully built domestically and why his company is best placed to do it out of its drone-making plant in Ohio.

Bloomberg Technology • Oct 27, 2026

Palmer Luckey's New Weapon: The American-Made Laptop

A joint venture between Anduril and Qualcomm aims to make rugged laptops for the military and government.

WSJ • Oct 27, 2026