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Consider these pointers on dividend investing for beginners to help you get your investing career off to a great start
A: The Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio, $26.60, symbol VCNS on Toronto, holds roughly 40% of its assets in Vanguard stock ETFs and 60% in bond ETFs. This $117.8 million ETF started up on January 25, 2018, and has a low 0.22% MER. The ETF yields 2.3%.

The Vanguard Balanced ETF Portfolio, $26.84, symbol VBAL on Toronto, has the opposite proportions to the Vanguard Conservative ETF Portfolio....
A: Lundin Gold, $8.73, symbol LUG on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 222.8 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; www.lundingold.com), is headquartered in Vancouver and owns the Fruta del Norte gold project in southeast Ecuador.

The company aims to begin commercial production at its newly completed Fruta del Norte mine in the second quarter of 2020....
A: Premium Brands Holdings Corp., $94.18, symbol PBH on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 37.4 million; Market cap: $3.5 billion; www.premiumbrandsholdings.com), is a specialty-food manufacturing and distribution company based in Richmond, B.C.

The company operates through two businesses:

Specialty Foods supplies 67% of Premium Brands’ revenue and mainly serves food sellers such as delicatessens, specialty grocery chains, convenience stores, national and regional grocery brands and warehouse clubs....
A: There are three U.S. leaders in the cell tower business:

Crown Castle International, $142.36, symbol CCI on New York (Shares outstanding: 416.0 million; Market cap: $59.6 billion; www.crowncastle.com), is an owner and operator of cell towers....
Don’t let Preferred Shares give you a false sense of security

Today’s low interest rates lead some investors to put money in investment products that come with hidden risks.

For instance, I recently ran into an acquaintance who told me he is troubled by the low rate of return he is earning on his fixed-return investments....
Here’s the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients in November.

“Dr. Robert Shiller—economics professor at Yale University, and joint winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics—has redeemed himself, in our opinion. I’ll say more in a moment, but first let me refresh your memory.

You’ve probably read about Dr....
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Canada’s top insurance firms remain great choices for investors seeking blue-chip growth plus solid yields. They’re also a great way for you to tap into fast-growing Asian demand for insurance and wealth management services.


MANULIFE FINANCIAL CORP., $26.36, is a buy. This safety-conscious blue-chip company (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares o/s: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $51.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.manulife.ca) is Canada’s largest life insurer.


Manulife also sells other forms of insurance, including health, dental and travel plans; in addition, it offers mutual funds and investment management services.


As of September 30, 2019, the company had $1.2 trillion in assets under administration....

VANECK VECTORS VIETNAM ETF, $15.99, is a buy for aggressive investors. The emerging market ETF (New York symbol VNM) lets you tap into Vietnamese companies and foreign firms that get a significant share of their revenue from the Southeast Asian nation.


The ETF’s top holdings for its investors are Vinhomes (real estate), 8.3%; Vingroup (conglomerate), 7.4%; Vietnam Dairy, 6.8%; Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, 6.4%; No Va Land Investment Group, 5.8%; and Mani Inc....