investment

Here’s another installment of the TSINetwork.ca Guide to Bear Market Investing. Below, we cover some FAQs—Frequently Asked Questions.

Should I change my investment portfolio to reflect the drop in the market and other recent events?


That depends on what you already own.

If your portfolio was good for you two months ago, it’s probably good for you now....
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Understand that no investment is “safe,” but the safest blue chip stocks have a history of success and years of dividend payments
ENBRIDGE INC. $38.63, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol ENB; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $78.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 8.4%; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S....
Our two top Canadian insurance recommendations will be slowed by the COVID-19 outbreak, particularly their Asian operations. Much of that drop stems from the global stock market downturn; it hurts their wealth management fees as their clients’ stock portfolios drop in value....
TC ENERGY INC., $57.86, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares o/s: 939.8 million; Market cap: $54.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.6%; www.transcanada.com) generates steady cash flow for investors mainly through its 92,600-kilometre pipeline network; it pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S....
All of the major Canadian and U.S. stock markets are down in the wake of the spread of the COVID-19 virus. But we think the worst is over for many stocks, and one way to profit, while at the same time cutting risk, is to invest in ETFs.


The best of these offer a diversified group of stocks while charging you low management fees....
ISHARES S&P/TSX REIT INDEX ETF, $13.33, is a hold. The ETF (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) lets you tap all 19 Canadian real estate investment trusts in the S&P/TSX REIT Index.


Investors pay a reasonable MER of 0.61%, and the REIT fund gives you a high 7.1% yield.
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The market plunge in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis has lowered prices of most stocks and REITs. But with REITs, you also face the coronavirus’s very real impact on the ability of tenants to pay rent. Still, government transfers to individuals and businesses should help offset that....