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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 Chinese economy was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are early signs of a recovery. While its economic growth is forecast to drop to 1.2% for 2020, its management of outbreaks positions it to bounce back in 2021. That also bodes well for investors’ long-term growth.
Here is one ETF that provides exposure to the top Chinese publicly listed companies.
ISHARES MSCI CHINA ETF $72.86 (Nasdaq symbol MCHI; TSI Network ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $5.8 billion) tracks the performance of the largest publicly listed Chinese companies that are available to international investors.
Consumer Cyclical stocks account for 31% of its assets, while Communication Services (22%), Financial Services (15%), Consumer Defensives (5.9%), Technology (5.5%), and Healthcare (5.3%) are other key segments.
The ETF holds a large portfolio of 609 stocks, although the top 10 make up 50% of its assets....
This month we look at two new ETFs launched by U.S. providers. The first promises to provide some protection when markets decline, and the second invests in companies that will benefit from the work-from-home trend.
NATIONWIDE RISK-MANAGED INCOME EQUITY ETF $27.45 (New York symbol NUSI) seeks to provide regular income, plus downside protection, from a portfolio of U.S....
Exchange-traded funds have traditionally offered investors three main advantages: ease of trading, low fees, and transparency. We still believe passively managed ETFs—which simply track benchmark indexes—do the best job of meeting those goals. However, actively managed ETFs, where fund managers tinker with their holdings to beat the benchmarks, are gaining popularity in Canada....
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE $98 is a buy. It’s (Toronto symbol CM; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 445.1 million; Market cap: $43.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.6; Dividend yield: 6.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cibc.com) is the smallest of Canada’s Big Five banks by market cap.
CIBC is now working to reduce its reliance on Canada, which now accounts for about 90% of its revenue....
STANTEC INC....