Many investors have gotten burned by dividend stocks in recent years. Several well-known companies have reduced their payouts, marking the end of years of steady growth (I'm looking at you, 3M, Intel, and Walgreens). That can make any investor want to throw in the towel and give up on dividend investing.

The S&P 500 has experienced a meteoric rise to all-time highs since spring. Still, gains have been harder to come by lately, as economic worries have increased amid the shutdown in Washington, D.C. While hurdles to reopening Washington's wallet remain,

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. ( NASDAQ:ROCK ), might not be a large cap stock, but it saw significant share price

An analyst initiated coverage of the healthcare stock. He's flagged it as a buy at the current price. Well before market open, Leerink Partners' Mani Foroohar launched his coverage of Scholar Rock, rating the healthcare stock as an outperform (i.e., buy ...