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Are you looking to invest in the best dividend stocks? Canada offers a tax credit on Canadian dividend stocks, and that just adds to their value in a successful portfolio
A: British American Tobacco plc (ADR), $40.20, symbol BTI on New York (ADRs outstanding: 2.3 billion; Market cap: $91.9 billion; www.bat.com), is one of the world’s leading consumer goods firms....
You might say there are two kinds of rules that can help you with investing decisions—soft and hard. Soft rules apply to things that can change such as laws about securities and other financial matters, accounting procedures, industry practices, technological development and so on....
Some investors may feel confident with investing in well-known or famous penny stocks in the media limelight, but that attention can make them even riskier
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Emerging market stocks have lagged the performance of developed markets over the better part of the past decade. But they may now offer better investment value and better growth prospects than some of their developed-market counterparts. That’s still only for a small part of your overall portfolio—where you may want to take on extra risk.
Despite having had real economic growth rates much higher than developed markets over the past eight years, the stock market returns of emerging markets were about half of that for developed markets....
The best ETFs generally provide cheap, well-diversified investment vehicles for long-term investors. However, to capitalize on short-term investor fads or perceptions, many ETF providers continue to launch “innovative” new funds.
DIREXION MSCI EMERGING OVER DEVELOPED MARKET ETF $52.30 (New York symbol RWED) lets investors bet on the outperformance of emerging markets compared to developed markets.
The ETF replicates the long positions (stocks that will go up) of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and short postions (stocks that will go down) of the MSCI EAFE IMI Index....
RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $25 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units o/s: 304.6 million; Market cap: $7.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.5; Dividend yield: 5.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 233 shopping centres and other rental properties in Canada....
Switzerland has a stable, export-oriented economy, which regularly ranks among the most competitive in the world. In addition, it is home to some of the world’s top-performing and best-known companies.
Here is one ETF that provides exposure to leading Swiss publicly traded companies.
ISHARES MSCI SWITZERLAND ETF $34.57 (New York symbol EWL; TSI Network ETF Rating: Conservative; Market cap: $902 million) tracks the performance of the the country’s top big-cap and mid-cap stocks.
Health-care companies account for 31.1% of its assets, while Consumer Defensive (22.0%), Financial Services (19.3%), Basic Materials (9.3%), and Industrials (9.2%) are other key segments.
The ETF holds a portfolio of 38 stocks; the top 10 holdings make up a sizeable 68.5% of its assets....
We recommend most investors hold two to three of Canada’s Big Five banks; right now, our top two favourites are TD Bank and Bank of Nova Scotia.
We also advise adding non-bank stocks to your Finance sector holdings, including Great-West Lifeco and IGM Financial....