investment

A successful, yet simple investment plan is to take a conservative approach: buy high-quality blue chip stocks that have a record of producing profits and paying dividends.
The yield of a stock is the percentage you get when you divide the current yearly dividend payment by the share price of the stock.


The yield of an ETF is the dividend per ETF unit, which is based on the dividends paid by each of the companies it holds.


Yield is an indicator we pay especially close attention to when we select stocks to recommend in our investment newsletters....
In the 1950s, some shoe stores kept a specialized x-ray machine on the sales floor. The ads in the window said you could use the machine to check the fit on a new pair of shoes before buying them. Critics called it a gimmick to speed up shoe sales, and warned about the risk of needless exposure to x-rays.


Something like this happens today with ETFs.


For instance, fund marketers see ETFs as a potent selling tool....
Investors looking for the best real estate investments need to realize that it can be a complex undertaking, and both timing and leverage play a crucial part in the success of real estate investing.
The safest dividend stocks consistently provide the “cash payouts” that strong companies give back to their shareholders. They are a major part of the Successful Investor approach to making money in the stock market.
A: Serengeti Resources, $0.14, symbol SIR on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 86.6 million; Market cap: $12.1 million; www.serengetiresources.com), is currently working in partnership with South Korea’s Posco Daewoo Corp....
Looking back over the past few decades, I’d say that some of my most useful and profitable investment principles came from things I’ve read or experienced that had nothing to do with the stock market.

I’ve already written about my first experience as a substitute newspaper delivery boy, filling in at age 11 for the 13-year-old who delivered the papers on our street....
The best performing ETFs have low management fees, diversification, and are more tax-efficient than many other investments
An investment mania usually begins as a mass attraction to a specific investment, or investment area. It often ends up including a range of investments that bear only a passing resemblance to the original investment area.


The recent mania for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies—which we think will end badly for most investors—is grounded in several factors....
RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $23.50 (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 322.7 million; Market cap: $7.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.1%; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 289 shopping centres in Canada. That includes 17 properties now under development.


Bankrupt retailer Toys R Us recently announced that it would close all of its stores in the U.S....