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It is important to note that some types of investments provide more security than others. Investors seeking safe investment options should look for well-established companies with hidden assets among other key characteristics.
Sun Life Financial Inc. and Manulife Financial Corp. each offers a combination of solid earnings growth, ongoing share repurchases, and impressive dividend yields.
Top pick Yum Brands Inc. gives you sales growth, steady EPS growth, and a solid dividend
Nutrien Ltd. offers exposure to potash and nitrogen prices, a stable retail base and strong profitability.
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Tax shelters in Canada aim to reduce or eliminate your tax liability, they are great ways for Canadian investors to cut their tax bills.
In some ways, stock buyback benefits are better than dividends. In particular, they give you a tax-deferral option that you don’t get with cash dividends.
As I’ve often pointed out, the stock market tends to put on an above-average rise in U.S. Presidential Election years. This provides a statistical rationale for optimism in 2016, since the next election is this November. But it’s no guarantee that the market will rise, for a couple of reasons. First, several ominous factors are weighing on the market right now, in addition to the election. These include the outlook for interest rates; the trend in prices for oil and other commodities; the rise in terrorist activity; the Chinese economic slowdown; and the sharp rise in the U.S. dollar and corresponding drop in the Canadian dollar. An abrupt shift in any of these factors could have a big influence on the market for the remainder of the year and beyond....
As I’ve often pointed out, the stock market tends to put on an above-average rise in U.S. Presidential Election years. This provides a statistical rationale for optimism in 2016, since the next election is this November. But it’s no guarantee that the market will rise, for a couple of reasons. First, several ominous factors are weighing on the market right now, in addition to the election. These include the outlook for interest rates; the trend in prices for oil and other commodities; the rise in terrorist activity; the Chinese economic slowdown; and the sharp rise in the U.S. dollar and corresponding drop in the Canadian dollar. An abrupt shift in any of these factors could have a big influence on the market for the remainder of the year and beyond....
Hi. Can you give me your take on Icahn Enterprises? Is this is a good way to invest alongside Carl Icahn and get a great dividend at the same time? Thanks. A: Icahn Enterprises L.P., $56.62, symbol IEP on Nasdaq (Units outstanding: 129.0 million; Market cap: $7.5 billion; www.ielp.com), is a holding company with interests in 10 business segments: Investment, Automotive, Energy, Metals, Railcar, Gaming, Mining, Food Packaging, Real Estate and Home Fashion. Its main subsidiaries include CVR Energy (oil refining, nitrogen fertilizers), WestPoint Home (bedsheets, blankets, towels), Viskase Companies (plastic food containers), Tropicana Entertainment (casinos) and PSC Metals (scrap-metal recycling)....
Stag Industrial Inc., $17.07, symbol STAG on New York (Shares outstanding: 68.1 million; market cap: $1.2 billion; www.stagindustrial.com) is a Boston-based real estate investment trust that focuses on single-tenant industrial properties throughout the U.S. Stag holds 281 properties, including 210 warehouses and distribution centres, 50 light-manufacturing plants and 21 office and mixed-use properties. In all, these holdings contain 52.1 million square feet of leasable space. Stag’s occupancy rate is 95.7%. The trust first sold shares to the public on April 15, 2011, for $13.00 each....