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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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Artificial intelligence (AI) is an example of an investment idea that could boost your investment returns, or, more likely, end up costing you money. All in all, we think that the biggest, surest gains from AI will come from investing in established businesses that are already profitable and growing, and that can gain all the more by applying AI to their operations.
Here are two companies that are already profitably taking advantage of AI, and they should be among the leaders in the push to extend AI’s use:
TWILIO INC., $114.29, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol TWLO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.twilio.com; Shares outstanding: 171.2 million; Market cap: $17.5 billion; No dividends paid.) spends a high 30% of sales on R&D—that includes spending to expand its Twilio CustomerAI technology.
The hi-tech offering combines AI with real-time customer data flowing through Twilio’s Customer Engagement Platform....
ParaMed has now entered into an agreement to buy Closing the Gap Healthcare Group Inc....
Rare-earth elements are used in a variety of modern devices and applications: magnets in small and large motors; glass additives and glass polishing compounds; rechargeable batteries; television and computer screens; lighting; X-ray machines; and lasers.
MP and the Saudi Arabian Mining Co., also known as Ma’aden, have signed an agreement with to explore opportunities to establish a fully integrated, end-to-end rare earth supply chain.
Ma’aden is the Middle East’s largest multi-commodity mining and metals firm and stands among the world’s fastest growing, with $8.7 billion in revenues for 2024.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on the sideline of the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum 2025, taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ma’aden and MP aim to explore opportunities to jointly develop a vertically integrated rare earth supply chain in Saudi Arabia, including the mining of deposits across Saudi Arabia, separation, refining, and magnet production. MP Materials is a buy.
MP Materials recent coverage:
CORTEVA INC., $68.61, is a buy. The company, symbol CTVA on New York, is a leading developer of new seeds and crop chemicals, including herbicides and insecticides, for the agriculture industry....
The company’s Intelligent Devices segment accounts for 45% of sales, with its Software and Control business generating 28%, and its Lifecycle Services business contributing the remaining 27%.
Rockwell has customers in over 100 countries that are served by 27,000 employees.
In the quarter ended March 31, 2025, the company’s revenue decreased 5.9%, to $2.00 billion from $2.13 billion a year earlier....
The company is the world’s biggest retailer, with 10,784 outlets in 19 countries.
Walmart reported strong-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter. However, concerns that upcoming price hikes in response to tariffs caused the stock to fall 5%.
In the fiscal 2026 first quarter, ended April 30, 2025, sales rose 2.5%, to $165.61 billion from $161.51 billion a year earlier....
The company is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider. It has 1.77 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces....
The company is Canada’s largest wireless carrier with 13.88 million subscribers (including non-cellphone devices such as tablets). It also sells landline phone, Internet and TV services in B.C., Alberta and eastern Quebec.
Starting in 2011, Telus began rewarding its shareholders with twice yearly dividend increases....
Pat likes the firm’s diverse portfolio of leading brands, its global presence, and solid strategic acquisition strategy....