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Here’s an Excerpt from a recent issue of Advice for Inner Circle Pro Members:


“China’s shift away from democracy and toward authoritarian rule could attract more Chinese immigrants to Canada, leading to population and economic gains for this country, and losses for China....
A: CanWel Building Materials Group Inc., $5.43, symbol CWX on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 77.8 million; Market cap: $425.0 million; www.canwel.com), distributes hardware, building materials and home renovation products in Canada, Hawaii, and other Western U.S....
An index-linked GIC is one of the many investment products that promise more than they deliver
Here’s an Excerpt from a recent issue of Advice for Inner Circle Pro Members:


“China’s shift away from democracy and toward authoritarian rule could attract more Chinese immigrants to Canada, leading to population and economic gains for this country, and losses for China....
TORSTAR CORP. $0.74 is a hold. The company (Toronto symbol TS.B; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 81.4 million; Market cap: $60.2 million; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; No dividend paid; www.torstar.com) publishes The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest daily newspaper by circulation....
Here’s an Excerpt from the June 16 issue of Advice for Inner Circle Pro Members:


“China’s shift away from democracy and toward authoritarian rule could attract more Chinese immigrants to Canada, leading to population and economic gains for this country, and losses for China....

Companies that pay regular and growing dividends have performed very well over time compared to broad market indices.


A simple strategy capitalizing on that is to select ETFs holding stocks with a long history of uninterrupted dividend growth such as represented by the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats....

On the surface, ETFs that invest in the same universe of stocks may be expected to deliver a similar performance. However, ETF managers use different methods to construct their portfolios—and this can lead to vastly different performance outcomes.



Market cap weighted ETFs


Most ETFs follow pre-defined indexes....

The market recovery continued in June to cap off the second quarter’s strong performance. In fact, U.S. equities delivered their best quarter since 1998 while Canadian equities saw their best quarter since 2009. This followed one of the worst quarters ever recorded in both the U.S....

Based on lots of things we’re looking at, we’re still reasonably sure that stock and ETF prices will be higher in a year or two than they are today. But the market rarely goes straight up or down. Instead we should expect a series of abrupt movements in either direction.


That volatility is all the more reason for conservative investors to keep a high proportion of their holdings in dividend-paying stocks—or ETFs that hold those stocks.


The best dividend stocks provide a consistent dividend yield year after year....