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If you’re looking for an ETF with top 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 $6.2 trillion U.S....
A: Easterly Government Properties, $25.60, symbol DEA on New York (Shares outstanding: 75.2 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; www.easterlyreit.com), operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops and manages Class A commercial properties on lease to U.S....
Here’s the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients last month:

“We’ve generally stayed out of drug stocks for much of the past two decades, but that will change over the next year or two. In fact, we now expect to see many great investment opportunities in drug stocks throughout the 2020s....
By far the best investments in a bear market are high-quality ones that you can feel confident about holding over long periods of time. Here’s how to spot them.
LEON’S FURNITURE LTD. $14 is a buy for aggressive investors. The retailer (Toronto symbol LNF; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 77.6 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; Dividend yield: 3.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.leons.ca) had to shut down most of its 86 Leon’s and 204 Brick stores due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
As leaders in their markets, these two Power Corp.-controlled firms are great choices for dividend income. However, we prefer IGM for new buying as lower interest rates due to COVID-19 will continue to hurt the performance of Great-West’s investment portfolio....
COVID-19 has increased the possibility that these two high-yielding stocks could cut their dividends. While that’s always a possibility, we feel their payments are secure for now.


ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $40 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 123.1 million; Market cap: $4.9 billion; Dividend yield: 4.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.alliedreit.com) creates value for investors through its 198 office buildings, mainly in major Canadian cities....
BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC. $117 is a buy. The company (New York symbol BR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares o/s: 114.7 million; Market cap: $13.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.1; Dividend yield: 1.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.broadridge.com) serves the investment industry in three main areas: investor communications, securities processing and transaction clearing.


In its fiscal 2020 third quarter, ended March 31, 2020, revenue rose 2.0%, to $1.25 billion from $1.22 billion a year earlier....
“That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.”


—Friedrich Nietzsche


I first came across the concept of hormesis in Hiroshima, John Hersey’s book set in the aftermath of the 1945 atomic bomb blast on the Japanese city of that name....
Learn what to invest in during coronavirus by taking a look at some frequently-asked investor questions—and our answers