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Here's what to head on this week's investing in sites. Meta and Salesforce will soon pay their first dividends,

what shareholders can expect, and could these mega-cap tech stocks help revive dividend investing?

Plus, why Morningstar is confident in Adobe's future, despite

the software company's cloudy forecast, and Morningstar senior U.S. economist weighs in on the Federal Reserve's

latest message about interest rates. This is Investing Insights.

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Welcome to Investing Insights. I'm your host, Ivanahampton. Let's get started. Adobe reported a strong first quarter, but with a confusing and disappointing forecast, management declined

to reiterate its full-year outlook for net new annual recurring revenue.

The software company is likely setting up to earn more digital media revenue in the second half of the year.

Investors could view this as a risky strategy.

The guidance overall came across as confusing.

First quarter revenue grew 12% year over year and constant currency to over $5 billion. That exceeded the top end of Adobe's outlook.

Revenue performance was solid and better than anticipated, with notable strength in digital media.

And within digital media, Morningstar thinks Creative Cloud and Acrobat will do well this quarter.

Adobe has had better subscriber growth and good consumption within Firefly for enterprise customers and creative and strong mobile and acrobat sign performance. With recent pricing

changes that will soon roll out, pending product launches, and generative AI adoption, Morning

Star is not changing its view on Adobe. Morningstar thinks Adobe stock is worth $610.10. Shares look

attractive.

Meta and Salesforce will join a new club, dividend payer.

The Facebook pair will issue its first quarterly dividend on March 26th and Salesforce on April 11th.

Meta and the rest of the magnificent 7 have driven the stock market rally while dividend investing has lagged. So could Meta and the rest of the Magnificent Seven have driven the stock market rally while dividend investing has lagged.

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