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MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD. $78 (Nasdaq symbol MLNX; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 52.2 million; Market cap: $4.1 billion; No dividends paid; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.mellanox.com) makes products that connect computer servers and storage devices for the efficient processing of data....

WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE CORP. $115 (New York symbol WYN; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 99.9 million; Market cap: $11.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.3%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.wyndhamworldwide.com) is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, with over 8,400 franchised hotels across 80 countries and under 19 brands.


Wyndham continues to move forward with its plan to split its operations into two separate, publicly traded companies....

On July 1, 2016, the old Hertz Global Holdings Inc. set up its car rental subsidiary as a separate firm (also called Hertz Global Holdings, New York symbol HTZ). It then handed shares in that new company to its investors. After the spinoff, the remaining equipment rental business changed its name to Herc Holdings and consolidated its shares on a 1-for-15 basis.


Since the split, Hertz has struggled and the stock is now down about 50%....

BMTC GROUP $14.81 (Toronto symbol GBT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-648-5757; No website; Shares outstanding: 35.5 million; Market cap: $520.8 million; Dividend yield: 1.6%) is one of Quebec’s largest retailers of furniture, electronics and household appliances; it has 38 stores....

PARAMOUNT RESOURCES $16.64 (Toronto symbol POU; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (403-290-3600; www.paramountres.com; Shares outstanding: 134.7 million; Market cap: $2.2 billion; No dividends paid) owns oil and gas properties in Alberta and B.C.


The company completed two big transactions in the 2017 third quarter....

AMERIGO RESOURCES $1.06 (Toronto symbol ARG; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www.amerigoresources.com; Shares outstanding: 176.7 million; Market cap: $188.1 million; No dividends paid) processes copper and molybdenum from the waste rock of the El Teniente mine in Chile.


In the quarter ended December 31, 2017, Amerigo’s copper production rose 15.0%, to 15.63 million pounds....

ALAMOS GOLD $7.20 (Toronto symbol AGI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681-2802; www.alamosgold.com; Shares outstanding: 266.3 million; Market cap: $2.8 billion; Dividend yield: 0.4%) owns the Mulatos and El Chanate mines in Mexico, and the Young-Davidson mine in northern Ontario.


The company also has a number of development projects in Turkey, the U.S., Mexico and Canada....

The yield of a stock is the percentage you get when you divide the current yearly dividend payment by the share price of the stock.


The yield of an ETF is the dividend per ETF unit, which is based on the dividends paid by each of the companies it holds.


Yield is an indicator we pay especially close attention to when we select stocks to recommend in our investment newsletters....

The safest dividend stocks consistently provide the “cash payouts” that strong companies give back to their shareholders. They are a major part of the Successful Investor approach to making money in the stock market.

Both Diebold and NCR have recently attracted activist investors. That involvement should accelerate their growth plans and draw investor attention to their strong prospects.


NCR CORP. $31 (New York symbol NCR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 118.6 million; Market cap: $3.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.ncr.com) makes automated teller machines (ATMs), cash registers, self-serve checkouts and kiosks for theatres and arenas.


In late 2015, private-equity firm Blackstone Group (New York symbol BX) purchased $820 million worth of NCR’s preferred shares, which can be converted to common shares at $30.00 each....