dividends paid

Investors interested in dividends should only buy the highest-yielding Canadian dividend stocks if they meet these criteria.
The dividends paid by public corporations are normally a portion of net income or cash flow. This formula is followed by dividend-paying ETFs, but they also distribute trading profits and sometimes return investors’ capital as part of their unitholder distributions.


As an example, an ETF that invests in dividend-paying companies will receive dividend income from the stocks it holds....
We’ve often pointed out that growth by acquisition is inherently riskier than internal growth since it carries an above-average chance of unpleasant surprises. That’s because a buyer of something rarely knows as much about it as the seller.

Still, some companies handle acquisitions better than others, and successfully integrating those purchases can spur strong growth and share-price gains for their investors.

AltaGas took on a lot of risk with a huge acquisition in July 2018....
The best stocks to invest in that pay dividends can benefit you and your portfolio for years to come. Learn all about dividend investing right here
Rising interest rates and recession fears have hit these three technology stocks particularly hard in 2022, as investors worry a slowdown will prompt their clients to spend less on their products.


However, those kinds of cuts would be shortsighted of clients, as the products they buy from these companies make them more efficient....
A top guide to dividend investing must include some of the lesser-known parts of a successful dividend strategy, including DRIPs and tax benefits
Technology stocks such as Alphabet (see page 31) and the three we analyze below tend to trade at somewhat high multiples to their earnings. That can scare away many more-conservative investors.


However, all of these firms are market leaders in their niche fields, which helps shield them from the chip shortages that are hurting tech companies like HP and HP Enterprise (see page 35)....
A: An American Depositary Receipt, or ADR, is a proxy for a foreign stock that trades in the U.S. and represents a specified number of shares in the foreign corporation. ADRs also qualify as ‘investment products’, like the shares of ‘split corps’ (see above).

ADRs are bought and sold on U.S....

Adobe and Fair Isaac have moved down after hitting record highs in 2021. However, demand for their products remains strong, particularly as employees continue to work from home during the pandemic.


ADOBE INC. $558 is buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 475.8 million; Market cap: $265.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 18.0; No dividends paid since June 2005; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.adobe.com) makes software that lets computer users create, edit and share documents in the popular PDF format....
A: CIBC’s new Canadian Depository Receipts (CDRs) aim to give investors the opportunity to buy shares and/or fractions of shares in any of a number of U.S. or other foreign companies, in bundles that start out trading at a price of about $20 Cdn. each. CDRs come with a built-in hedging feature that reduces exchange-rate fluctuations....