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New tech stocks can be among the market’s biggest winners and losers
One of the least useful investment sayings you’ll ever hear is the oft-repeated “the secret of profitable investing is to buy low and sell high.” It can lead you to waste years in a costly search for a magic way to figure out where “low” is, and how to tell when a price has gone up to “high”. One obvious but erroneous answer to the first question is that a low price per share, particularly less than $1, is a good place to buy. This lures many beginning investors into penny stocks. After all, a winning penny stock can go from under $1 to several dollars. However, zeroing in on that rare event, much less making money at it, is a lot harder than many investors realize. Although the price may seem right, the average penny offers a poor long-term return. After all, it’s hard to create a successful business. It’s much easier and cheaper to set up a company and sell stock to the public. That’s why bad penny stocks always outnumber good ones. ...
Knowing how dividends are taxed in Canada can save you money
Knowing your stock dividend dates will help you get full value from your dividends, but trying to make a quick buck with them is not worth the risk.
Every company that pays a dividend has a “record” date. This prompts two questions we hear often from investors.
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We take a hard look the risks of online trading and what they mean for you as an investor
You may have heard of blue chip stocks, but what are blue chip companies, and why are they a good investment?
Is using the p/e ratio the first or last measure to analyze when picking stocks?
Today, we look at a hedged ETF, a BMO dividend fund that Pat McKeough was asked to evaluate by a Member of his Inner Circle....
BMO US Dividend Hedged to CAD ETF, $17.36, symbol ZUD on Toronto (Units outstanding: 5.3 million; Market cap: $92.0 million; www.etfs.bmo.com), holds U.S. stocks that have maintained or increased their dividend rates over the last three years and meet other criteria, including yield and dividend payout ratio. The fund’s managers rebalance the underlying portfolio in June and December. Top holdings are Philip Morris International, ONEOK Inc., Garmin, Noble Corp., Verizon Communications, Mattel, Williams Cos., Gamestop, McDonald’s and Darden Restaurants. The ETF is hedged against movements of foreign currencies against the Canadian dollar. Its value rises and falls solely with the stocks in its portfolio, so it wouldn’t give you any diversification through foreign currency exposure....
To know how to trade stocks successfully, you need to know the right time to sell stocks. Here’s our advice.