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iShares Canadian Select Dividend Index ETF offers high, tax-efficient dividend income plus capital gains potential.
IGM Financial Inc. offers a high 5.9% yield from an expanding asset base with rising revenues -- the stock remains cheap at just 10.0 times forecast earnings.
Top pick Toromont Industries Ltd. continues its 35 year dividend increase streak -- its outlook remains bright with strong brands and dominant niche market positions.
Interactive Brokers Group Inc. reported 23% higher revenue and 33.4% higher earnings as it continues to add customer accounts and benefit from higher interest rates.
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Top-quality stocks tend to lose less of their value in market setbacks. They also tend to bounce back nicely when conditions improve. These are the kinds of stocks we continue to recommend in our newsletters and other services.
To build a portfolio of those stocks—and to show the best long-term results, Pat McKeough still thinks you should stick with his three-part program:
- Hold mostly high-quality, dividend-paying stocks.
- Spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors: Manufacturing & Industry, Resources & Commodities, Consumer, Finance and Utilities.
- Downplay or stay out of stocks in the broker/media limelight.
Meantime, investors who “bargain shop” for stocks explain that they are simply looking to buy stocks like a smart consumer would buy a car....
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