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BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP. $23 (New York symbol BGG; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 42.8 million; Market cap: $984.4 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www....

INTEL CORP. $35 (Nasdaq symbol INTC; Conservative Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 4.7 billion; Market cap: $169.2 billion; Dividend yield: 3.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.intel.com) is the world’s leading maker of computer chips.


With the June 2017 payment, the company increased its quarterly dividend by 4.8%, to $0.2725 a share from $0.26....

A: First Asset Tech Giants Covered Call ETF (CAD Hedged), $14.97, symbol TXF on Toronto (Units outstanding: 6.1 million; Market cap: $91.3 million; www.firstasset.com), invests in what it sees as some of the largest and most innovative U.S....

These six ETFs hold mostly blue-chip stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each ETF mirrors, or tracks, the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from narrower indexes that focus on resources or themes such as solar power or biotech.


Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....

Intel Corp. has now applied its chip-making expertise to faster-growing fields, with earnings jumping more than 15% in the last fiscal year.

Dear client,


Consumers increasingly use smartphones to access the Internet instead of personal computers powered by computer chips. Industry leader Intel continues to adapt to those and other changes in the market—the same way it has since operations began in 1968.


The company has now applied its chip-making expertise to fastergrowing fields such as cloud computing (Internet file storage) and selfdriving cars....

Computer-chip makers Intel and Texas Instruments face two main risks. First, demand for their products rises and falls with the overall economy. As well, the fast pace of technological change continually threatens the appeal of their chips. However, their high market share and commitment to research should continue to fuel growth—and dividends.


INTEL CORP....

These six ETFs hold mostly blue-chip stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each ETF mirrors, or tracks, the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from narrower indexes that focus on resources or themes such as solar power or biotech.


Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....

A: Liberty All-Star Equity Fund, $5.22, symbol USA on New York (Units outstanding: 186.8 million; Market cap: $975.1 million; www.all-starfunds.com), is a closed-end fund that aims to combine the stock recommendations of three value-style and two growth-style investment managers.


The fund started up on October 31, 1986, and its MER is 1.03%.


The fund’s top holdings are Alphabet, Inc., Mondelez International, Visa Inc., Salesforce.com, Facebook, Inc., The Priceline Group, Amazon.com, Halliburton Co., Adobe Systems and Bank of America Corp.


Liberty All-Star Equity Fund takes on an above-average level of risk with its holdings: its highest industry group weighting is Information Technology at 21.4%.


The fund also has a high 9.2% yield....

These top technology firms are leaders in their industries. That gives them plenty of cash flow for developing new products and services. It also positions them to increase share buybacks and dividends.


INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. $152 (New York symbol IBM; Conservative Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 955.8 million; Market cap: $145.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.ibm.com) is one of the world’s largest computer companies, with operations in over 175 countries.


IBM recently raised its quarterly dividend by 7.7%, to $1.40 a share from $1.30....