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The shortages of computer semiconductors during the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the production of a wide variety of products, from computers to cars. It also highlighted the importance of those computer chips to the modern global economy.
The shortage, in fact, prompted the U.S....
The shortage, in fact, prompted the U.S....
If you’re looking for ETFs with quality holdings and exceptionally low fees, then Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group offers you strong options.
Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers over $9.0 trillion U.S., spread across 430 mutual funds and ETFs....
Vanguard is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers over $9.0 trillion U.S., spread across 430 mutual funds and ETFs....
T. Rowe Price Group yields 4% as it demonstrates strength with assets under management up 12.4% and international presence now reaching about 9% of total assets.
Top picks Sun Life Financial & Manulife Financial continue to demonstrate their insurance market dominance and offer high yields at low valuations.
Both these Canadian insurance stocks offer investors growth prospects as well as high dividend yields. We see each as a buy.
MANULIFE FINANCIAL, $40.06, is a buy. This safety-conscious stock (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares o/s: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $72.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 4.0%; www.manulife.ca) represents one of Canada’s largest life insurers....
MANULIFE FINANCIAL, $40.06, is a buy. This safety-conscious stock (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares o/s: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $72.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 4.0%; www.manulife.ca) represents one of Canada’s largest life insurers....
Despite slowing sales of its chips to makers of industrial products and cars, the shares of Texas Instruments have jumped 27% in the past year. In the process, they hit a new all-time high of $215 in August 2024.
The impressive rise is partly due to pressure from an activist investor who prompted the company to adjust its spending on new chip plants....
The impressive rise is partly due to pressure from an activist investor who prompted the company to adjust its spending on new chip plants....
Generally speaking, Canadians are blocked from buying mutual funds that are registered in the U.S. unless those funds are also registered with provincial securities commissions. (Moreover, some Canadian mutual funds are only available in a limited number of provinces.)
Investors in this country can, however, buy exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, listed on U.S....
Investors in this country can, however, buy exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, listed on U.S....
Texas Instruments Inc. is facing activist investor pushback to scale back its planned expansion, boost free cash flow 40%, and keep improving efficiency.
Sun Life Financial and Manulife Financial offer 4.8% and 4.5% yields while trading at very reasonable multiples of forecast earnings.
It now looks like the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut its benchmark interest rate in the next few months. Lower rates would ease the pressure on borrowers looking to renew mortgages and other loans at these two leading U.S. banks. They will also have to pay out less to attract depositors....