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A dividend is a cash payout that serves as a way for companies to share the profits they’ve accumulated through their operations. These payouts are drawn from earnings and cash flow paid to the shareholders of the company. Commonly these dividends are paid quarterly, although they may also be paid annually or even monthly as well. A dividend can produce as much as a quarter of your total return over long periods. Some good companies reinvest profits instead of paying a dividend. But fraudulent and failing companies hardly ever pay a dividend. So if you only buy stocks that pay dividends, you’ll automatically stay out of almost all the market’s worst stocks. For a true measure of stability, focus on companies that have maintained or raised their dividends during recessions and stock market downturns. These firms leave themselves enough room to handle periods of earnings volatility. By continually rewarding investors, and retaining enough cash to finance their businesses, they provide an attractive mix of safety, income and growth. Dividends are an important contributor to your long-term gains, and dividend-paying stocks tend to expose you to less risk than non-dividend-payers. That’s why the majority of your stocks should be dividend-payers at all times. As you get older and closer to retirement, you should raise the proportion of dividend-paying stocks in your portfolio, to cut risk and improve the stability of your investment results. To maximize your investment returns with the least risk, follow TSI Network and use our three-part Successful Investor strategy:
- Invest mainly in well-established companies;
- Spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer; Finance; Utilities);
- Downplay or avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight.
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The company’s customers are spread across the resources, construction, manufacturing and transportation industries.
Wajax is now acquiring Sault Ste....
With the August 2023 payment, Bank of Montreal raised your quarterly dividend by 2.8%, to $1.47 a share from $1.43. The new annual rate of $5.88 yields a high 5.1%.
On February 1, 2023, the bank completed its acquisition of Bank of the West from France’s BNP Paribas.
Bank of the West provides a variety of retail and commercial banking services to over 1.8 million customers in 24 U.S....
The telecom provider is the second-largest wireless carrier in the U.S. after AT&T (New York symbol T), with 143.2 million subscribers (consumers and businesses) as of June 30, 2023....
The company operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S. It also distributes gas to 3.8 million consumers in Ontario and Quebec.
This week, Enbridge agreed to acquire three regulated gas utility firms—which serve roughly 3 million customers in Ohio, North Carolina, Utah, Idaho and Wyoming—from Dominion Energy, Inc....
Canada’s largest bank by market capitalization raised your quarterly dividend by 2.3% with the August 2023 payment. Investors now receive $1.35 a share instead of $1.32. The new annual rate of $5.40 yields a solid 4.4%.
The bank continues to benefit from higher interest income on its loans due to higher interest rates....
On February 1, 2023, the bank completed its acquisition of Bank of the West from France’s BNP Paribas.
Bank of the West provides a variety of retail and commercial banking services to over 1.8 million customers in 24 U.S....
The company makes over 60,000 consumer and industrial goods, including air purifiers, adhesives, bandages and components for medical devices. Its main brands include Post-it notes, Scotch tape, Scotch-Brite cleaning products, Scotchguard protection and Thinsulate insulation.
This week, 3M agreed to settle claims regarding defects in earplugs it manufactured for the U.S....
ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES, $10.26, is a buy. The utility (Toronto symbol AQN; Shares outstanding: 688.8 million; Market cap: $7.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 5.7%; www.algonquinpower.com) has two main businesses: the Regulated Services Group provides regulated electricity, gas, water distribution and wastewater collection services in Canada, the U.S., Chile and Bermuda; and the Renewable Power Group produces electricity from about 47 clean-energy plants in North America.
Algonquin is now conducting a strategic review of its renewable power operations....