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A: iShares Core MSCI Canadian Quality Dividend Index ETF, $24.36, symbol XDIV on Toronto (Units outstanding: 22.2 million; Market cap: $540.8 million; www.blackrock.com/ca), tracks the MSCI Canada High Dividend Yield 10% Security Capped Index.

This index aims to invest in Canadian stocks with above-average dividend yields and steady or increasing dividends....

Teck Resources has more than tripled from its March 2020 low as new COVID-19 vaccines help world economies recover. That rebound has spurred both demand and prices for the company’s main commodities.

Teck will also benefit from the big expansion of its copper operations in Chile—and that shift is also reducing its reliance on selling coal to steelmakers....

A: Both of these ETFs hold stocks in most or all of the five main economic sectors: Finance, Utilities, Resources, Consumer and Manufacturing.

The iShares Canadian Select Dividend Index ETF, $29.59, symbol XDV on Toronto (Units outstanding: 58.4 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; www.blackrock.com/ca), holds 30 of the highest-yielding Canadian stocks....

5G wireless networks are up to 100 times faster than the current systems. That extra speed will not only help BCE and Telus attract new customers, it will also spur more businesses to use automobiles and other objects connected to the Web (known as the “Internet of Things”)....

Medium-sized companies are a bit like the proverbial middle child—they tend not to get as much attention from investors as the smallest or the biggest. But this creates opportunities for investors who are prepared to add the best of those stocks—or the ETFs that hold them—to their portfolios.


High-quality mid-cap stocks can offer you the stability and balance sheet strength of large caps, while at the same time they give investors growth potential similar to small caps.


Varying definitions for mid-cap stocks


Mid-cap stocks fall between large-cap stocks and small-cap stocks but the average size of mid-cap companies varies from country to country.


Index provider S&P ranks all U.S....

Many investors overlook mid-cap stocks, thinking that a combination of large- and small-cap stocks will provide their portfolios with all the diversification they really need. However, as a group, U.S. mid-cap stocks have often performed better than large caps and are generally less risky than small caps....

One of the best methods of building wealth over time is to zero in on the shares of quality companies with a consistent history of sales and earnings (or the ETFs that hold them). Solid balance sheets and a strong hold on a growing clientele are also pluses.


Here are two ETFs that aim to offer investors portfolios of companies selected on the basis of their quality characteristics....

A: Tourmaline Oil Corp., $44.05, symbol TOU on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 326.1 million; Market cap: $14.3 billion; www.tourmalineoil.com), is a Canadian oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production company....

BCE and Telus are high-quality telecoms, and their businesses were well-prepared to withstand COVID-19 slowdowns. Longer term, recent launches of their new ultrafast 5G wireless networks provide strong growth prospects and should boost cash flow to pay for dividend increases....

The major Canadian and U.S. stock markets have moved back up since their initial COVID-19 drop. Nonetheless, we think that if you can afford to stay in the market for several years or longer, now is still a good time for new buying. We see ETFs as one way for you to profit from the continuing rise, while at the same time cutting your risk....