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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While Alcon is based in Switzerland, it is headed by an American, reports its results in U.S....
The stock is the parent of Google, the world’s leading Internet search engine. It gets most of its revenue from online advertising.
In addition to search, Google also offers a variety of other services and products....
The company operates 1,092 supermarkets under several banners, including Loblaws, Zehrs, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills.
In March 2014, it purchased the Shoppers Drug Mart chain for $12.3 billion in cash and shares....
The company 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 40 clean-energy plants in North America.
Algonquin last raised your quarterly dividend with the July 2022 payment....
DRAFTKINGS INC., $14.86, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol DKNG; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.draftkings.com; Shares o/s: 841.7 million; Market cap: $12.5 billion; No dividend) currently provides sports betting in several U.S....
MERCK & CO. INC., $99.93, is a #1 buy for 2022. The drugmaker (New York symbol MRK; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average) (www.merck.com; Shares outstanding: 2.5 billion; Market cap: $252.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.8%) now plans to produce and donate its investigational Sudan ebola virus vaccine to a global non-profit organization’s research program in Uganda....
Whatever the near-term outlook for gold and silver prices, we think top-quality gold/silver stocks like Alamos and Hecla remain buys. That’s in part because of their prospects for increased production and cash flow—regardless of precious metal prices.
HECLA MINING, $4.99, is a buy. The company (New York symbol HL; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.hecla-mining.com; Shares o/s: 606.3 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; Divd yield: 0.3%) explores for, mines and processes silver and gold in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
Most of Hecla’s silver output comes from three sites: the Greens Creek mine in Alaska; the Lucky Friday project in Idaho; and the San Sebastian mine in Mexico....
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC., $536.01, is a buy. The company (New York symbol TMO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) thermofisher.com; Shares o/s: 392.2 million; Market cap: $214.2 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) recently bought The Binding Site Group, a global leader in specialty diagnostics, for $2.6 billion.
Serving clinicians and laboratory professionals worldwide, The Binding Site provides specialty diagnostics and instruments to better pinpoint and manage blood cancers and immune system disorders....