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The toy industry has suffered in the past few years as COVID-19 shut down retail stores. Rising raw material costs and shipment delays have also hurt earnings. The easing pandemic and the opportunity to build back even stronger earnings is why activist investors are now targeting toymakers Hasbro and Mattel, and their top brands.
HASBRO INC....
HASBRO INC....
A: LifeWorks Inc., $17.44, symbol LWRK on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 69.3 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; www.lifeworks.com), provides technology-enabled solutions to support its clients.
This includes offering services in employee and family assistance, health and wellness, recognition, pension and benefits administration, retirement consulting, and actuarial and investment services
The company has 6,000 employees in offices across North America....
This includes offering services in employee and family assistance, health and wellness, recognition, pension and benefits administration, retirement consulting, and actuarial and investment services
The company has 6,000 employees in offices across North America....
Recently a friend asked, “Pat, I see that several prominent Canadian investor advisors recently wrote articles that said it’s a bad time to buy bonds right now. Do you agree?”
He was surprised when I told him I haven’t bought any bonds for myself since the 1990s....
He was surprised when I told him I haven’t bought any bonds for myself since the 1990s....
EUROPEAN WAX CENTER INC., $25.83, symbol EWCZ on Nasdaq, is a leading franchisor of out-of-home hair removal services.
Founded in 2004 by brothers David and Joshua Coba, the company offers waxing services as well as selling its own line of products....
Founded in 2004 by brothers David and Joshua Coba, the company offers waxing services as well as selling its own line of products....
SUNCOR ENERGY INC., $46.92, Toronto symbol SU, remains a buy.
The company is Canada’s largest integrated oil firm, with major projects in the Alberta oil sands. Suncor also operates four refineries (three in Canada and one in Colorado), along with 1,875 Petro-Canada gas stations.
Suncor is now increasing your quarterly dividend by 11.9%....
The company is Canada’s largest integrated oil firm, with major projects in the Alberta oil sands. Suncor also operates four refineries (three in Canada and one in Colorado), along with 1,875 Petro-Canada gas stations.
Suncor is now increasing your quarterly dividend by 11.9%....
CANADIAN TIRE CORP., $175.64, Toronto symbol CTC.A, is a buy.
Investors tap the company’s 504 Canadian Tire stores. They sell automotive parts and services, and household and sporting goods; franchisees run most of the locations. Still, the company’s other operations also enrich its outlook....
Investors tap the company’s 504 Canadian Tire stores. They sell automotive parts and services, and household and sporting goods; franchisees run most of the locations. Still, the company’s other operations also enrich its outlook....
The merits of investing in top dividend-paying companies are well known—capital gains, regular income, and lower risk. However, investors in ETFs that focus on dividend-paying companies need to be aware that the dividend payouts of ETFs are not as smooth as those of the best individual dividend-paying companies.
For investors, companies that pay regular and growing dividends have performed very well over time when compared to the broad market indices.
A simple dividend strategy (as represented by the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats) like selecting stocks with a long history of uninterrupted dividend growth has added 11.7% per year over the past 30 years; this compares to the 10.3% annualized returns for the S&P 500 Index....
For investors, companies that pay regular and growing dividends have performed very well over time when compared to the broad market indices.
A simple dividend strategy (as represented by the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats) like selecting stocks with a long history of uninterrupted dividend growth has added 11.7% per year over the past 30 years; this compares to the 10.3% annualized returns for the S&P 500 Index....
The German economy was recovering in the first quarter of 2022. Then came the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and that has dampened the country’s recovery. The war exacerbates supply-chain disruptions, pushing up commodity prices and weighing on industrial production.
Still, Germany’s strong, ongoing government response to the pandemic sets its diversified, high value-added and export-oriented economy up for strong gains as global economies normalize.
Here is one ETF that provides exposure to the top public companies in Germany.
ISHARES MSCI GERMANY ETF $25.24 (New York symbol EWG; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $1.7 billion) invests in publicly listed German companies.
Financial companies account for 20% of the fund’s assets, while Consumer Cyclicals (18%), Industrials (14%), Technology (14%), Healthcare (13%), and Basic Materials (10%), are other key segments.
The ETF holds a portfolio of 61 stocks; the top 10 make up 52% of its assets....
Still, Germany’s strong, ongoing government response to the pandemic sets its diversified, high value-added and export-oriented economy up for strong gains as global economies normalize.
Here is one ETF that provides exposure to the top public companies in Germany.
ISHARES MSCI GERMANY ETF $25.24 (New York symbol EWG; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Aggressive; Market cap: $1.7 billion) invests in publicly listed German companies.
Financial companies account for 20% of the fund’s assets, while Consumer Cyclicals (18%), Industrials (14%), Technology (14%), Healthcare (13%), and Basic Materials (10%), are other key segments.
The ETF holds a portfolio of 61 stocks; the top 10 make up 52% of its assets....
SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $46 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.44 billion; Market cap: $66.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 4.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.suncor.com) is Canada’s largest integrated oil firm, with major projects in the Alberta oil sands....
Investing in penny stocks long term could lead to big returns—but only if you find the right ones. Meanwhile, it’s likely that the longer you hold pennies, the greater your chance of losing it all