dividend
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 makes specialized testing equipment for medical research laboratories and industrial clients. Its equipment includes mass spectrometers, used to analyze substances.
Demand for Agilent’s equipment from pharmaceutical firms, chemical makers and food producers remains strong as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic....
In March 2022, TD agreed to acquire U.S. banking firm First Horizon Corporation (New York symbol FHN) for $13.4 billion U.S. The purchase will make TD’s banking operations the sixth largest in the U.S.
TD and First Horizon have agreed to extend the closing date to May 27, 2023....
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL, $66.30, is a buy. This Canadian insurance giant (Toronto symbol SLF; Shares outstanding: 586.3 million; Market cap: $38.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.3%; www.sunlife.ca) has formed an exclusive 15-year partnership in Hong Kong.
Sun Life will be the exclusive provider of life insurance solutions to Dah Sing Bank’s 570,000 retail banking customers. Dah Sing has been in business for over 75 years, and has assets totalling more than $41 billion....
LOBLAW COMPANIES, $117.23, is a buy. The retailer (Toronto symbol L; Shares o/s: 322.7 million; Market cap: $37.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd....
CHOICE PROPERTIES REIT, $14.72, is a buy. Canada’s biggest REIT (Toronto symbol CHP.UN; Units o/s: 327.8 million; Market cap: $10.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Yield: 5.0%; www.choicereit.ca) owns 701 retail, industrial, office space and residential properties with 64.0 million square feet of gross leasable area....