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TOROMONT INDUSTRIES LTD. $71 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TIH; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares o/s: 81.8 million; Market cap: $5.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.toromont.com) distributes a range of industrial equipment, including Caterpillar machinery, in eastern Canada....
To protect value for investors, these two leading supermarket chains continue to adapt to a hugely competitive retail environment with smart acquisitions and cost controls. That puts them in a strong position to keep enhancing your returns with rising stock prices and dividends.


LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD....
Canadian Utilities and parent company ATCO give investors two ways to buy essentially the same businesses. Still, income seekers should pick Canadian Utilities for its impressive dividend, while value investors should go with ATCO for its more modest p/e.


CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD....
POWER CORP. $34 is still a buy. The holding company (Toronto symbol POW; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 377.4 million; Market cap: $12.8 billion; Dividend yield: 4.8%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation.com) last raised its quarterly dividend by 6.0% with the June 2019 payment....
Lower interest rates in the U.S.—along with the possibility of more rate cuts in 2020—continue to limit earnings growth for these two lenders. However, investors continue to benefit from their strong businesses: demand for new loans remains high, while their loan losses remain low; and both continue to cut costs, providing the kind of solid earnings they need to keep rewarding you with higher dividends.


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INTEL CORP. $66 is still a buy for our subscribers. The company (Nasdaq symbol INTC; Conservative Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 4.1 billion; Market cap: $283.8 billion; Dividend yield: 2.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.intel.com) is the world’s leading maker of computer chips.


Intel has paid dividends continuously since 1992....
These two firms are using acquisitions to expand. While that adds risk for investors, their new businesses are solid and will spur your dividend increases for years to come.


INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY INC. $19 is a buy. The stock (Toronto symbol INE; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 139.4 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Dividend yield 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.innergex.com) lets you tap 37 hydroelectric plants, 26 wind farms and five solar power fields....
Welcome to your latest issue of Dividend Advisor—and several high-yield buys we recommend for you. Today’s low interest rates lead some investors to indiscriminately reach for high yields to get the income they’ve traditionally received from fixed-income investments....
Does value investing still work? Use the principles of successful value investing and you might be pleasantly surprised.
A: Everspin Technologies, $4.95, symbol MRAM on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 17.1 million; Market cap: $84.5 million; www.everspin.com), is a provider of MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) products.

The company’s MRAM combines non-volatile memory (a type of memory that retains information even in the absence of power) with the speed of random-access memory (RAM)....