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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.
Many top growing stocks look appealing at first, but once you dig deeper into your analysis, a large number turn out to be speculative and entail higher levels of risk than expected.
It is inherently risky to invest in speculative penny stocks, but once you add the element of penny stock trading online, it gets even riskier. Both trading online and investing in penny stocks can harbour hidden dangers—and here are some of them.
One of the largest mountain resort companies in the world, Vail Resorts continues to grow. In 2017 it added Whistler Blackcomb, Canada’s largest ski resort, to its expanding portfolio of properties. Despite lower snowfalls, revenue and earnings are up thanks to success in selling season passes. Geographical diversion and high barriers to entry also help protect the company from weather risk.
The best blue chip dividend stocks offer both capital gains growth potential and regular dividend income. The dividend yield is certainly one of the most concrete indicators of a sound investment. It is the percentage you get when you divide the current yearly dividend payment by the share or unit price of the investment.