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Stocks with high dividend yield are a key part of a successful portfolio—but at the same time, they give investors a false sense of security.
Learning where to invest money in Canada successfully will lead you to diversify between sectors while focusing on high-quality stocks
Understanding blue chip stocks’ meaning and benefits will help you make better stock selections from the best shares on the market
Here are some tips that we think will show you how to make investments that will pay off with better long-term returns.
The top five Canadian banks tend to leapfrog each other in investment desirability. That’s why we recommend that all investors strive to own two to three of them, particularly as they are terrific source of reliable dividend income.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $176 is a buy. Canada’s largest bank (Toronto symbol RY; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $246.4 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.rbc.com) will raise your quarterly dividend by 4.1% with the August 2025 payment....
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA $176 is a buy. Canada’s largest bank (Toronto symbol RY; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $246.4 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.rbc.com) will raise your quarterly dividend by 4.1% with the August 2025 payment....
With today’s still-low interest rates, there are few, if any, high return, lower-risk fixed-income investments available to investors right now.
Note that we don’t recommend “going into cash” in times of market uncertainty—or when markets are close to or hitting highs: Going into cash in reaction to uncertainty is rarely a good idea....
Note that we don’t recommend “going into cash” in times of market uncertainty—or when markets are close to or hitting highs: Going into cash in reaction to uncertainty is rarely a good idea....
BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF $20.18 (Toronto symbol ZWB) holds shares of Canada’s six largest banks (CIBC, TD Bank, Bank of Montreal, Bank of Nova Scotia, Royal Bank and National Bank).
The fund started up in January 2011....
The fund started up in January 2011....
We’ve long advised Canadians own two or more of the Big Five bank stocks—Scotiabank, BMOl, CIBC, TD and RBC—because of their dividends
Using a sector rotation strategy will eventually lead to you to lower portfolio returns. Keep reading to learn more about this strategy.
A key rule of our three-part Successful Investor strategy is to spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer; Finance; and Utilities).
This has two main benefits: a) It keeps you from investing too heavily in any industry or sector that is headed into a period of big losses; and b) By spreading your investments out more widely, it also improves your chances of latching onto a market superstar—a stock that will wind up producing two or five or 10 times more profit than average.
ISHARES S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS ETF $16.86 (Toronto symbol XBM; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $230.9 million) tracks the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index....
This has two main benefits: a) It keeps you from investing too heavily in any industry or sector that is headed into a period of big losses; and b) By spreading your investments out more widely, it also improves your chances of latching onto a market superstar—a stock that will wind up producing two or five or 10 times more profit than average.
ISHARES S&P/TSX GLOBAL BASE METALS ETF $16.86 (Toronto symbol XBM; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $230.9 million) tracks the S&P/TSX Global Base Metals Index....