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These six ETFs hold mostly blue chip, widely traded stocks on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. All of them mirror, or track, the performance of major stock market indexes. That’s opposed to narrower indexes focused on, say, resources or themes such as solar power or biotech. Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs. But their low management fees give them a cost advantage over most mutual funds. Below we update our advice on all six—five buys and one we don’t recommend....
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BCE Inc. continues to grow revenue, earnings, dividends by investing in networks and keeping long-term debt manageable.
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General Electric Co. is selling 90% of the assets of its financing division. That should free up capital for new joint venture deals focused on renewable energy projects and nuclear power equipment. The company will also use the cash to pay for a $50 billion share buyback. GE is a buy.
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (New York symbol GE; www.ge.com has agreed to sell $157 billion in assets of its GE Capital financing division. So far, it has completed transactions equalling $104 billion.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (New York symbol GE; www.ge.com has agreed to sell $157 billion in assets of its GE Capital financing division. So far, it has completed transactions equalling $104 billion.
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