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The U.S. has been the leading economy in the world for many decades, and the stock market has outperformed international markets for the past 15 years. Despite the challenges posed by its big deficits, plus uncertainty posed by the upcoming Trump administration’s policies, top U.S....

BetaPro Equal Weight Canadian REIT 2x Daily Bull ETF $16.88 (Toronto symbol HREU) aims to use a combination of derivatives and debt to offer daily returns that correspond to twice the daily gains of the Solactive Equal Weight Canada REIT Index....

The last couple of years, higher interest rates increased the appeal of bonds and hurt that of REITs. Still, with rates now falling, Choice Properties and RioCan remain excellent ways for investors to earn high, steady income. We see both as buys.


CHOICE PROPERTIES REIT, $13.94, is a buy. Canada’s biggest REIT (Toronto symbol CHP.UN; Units o/s: 327.9 million; Market cap: $10.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 5.5%; www.choicereit.ca) owns 705 retail, industrial, office space and residential properties with 66.2 million square feet of gross leasable area....

If you’re looking for ETFs with quality 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 $9.0 trillion U.S., spread across 430 mutual funds and ETFs....

Corteva offers you exposure to key agricultural growth areas given its leadership in the corn and soybean markets and its strong position in crop protection products. While those markets can be volatile due to weather and economic conditions, the company’s size, geographic and product diversification, and solid balance sheet mitigate those risks.

Note that the stock, itself, is a spinoff....

T. Rowe Price Group yields 4% as it demonstrates strength with assets under management up 12.4% and international presence now reaching about 9% of total assets.

BOMBARDIER INC., Toronto symbols BBD.A $96.77 and BBD.B $96.77, is still a hold for aggressive investors.

The company now focuses solely on making private luxury and business jet planes following the sale of its passenger railcar business to France’s Alstom SA in January 2021.

The stock fell 7% this week after U.S....

You Can See Our WSSF Income-Seeking Portfolio For December 2024 Here.

This month, we are updating our WSSF Portfolio for Income-Seeking Investors.


This portfolio is a good starting point for investors who need income....

These two technology legends are spending big sums on new plants. These investment will help them tap into the fast-growing demand for artificial intelligence-related products as well as spur their long-term earnings.


MICROSOFT CORP. $423 is a buy for aggressive investors. The world’s largest computer software maker (Nasdaq symbol MSFT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 7.4 billion; Market cap: $3.1 trillion; Price-to-sales ratio: 12.6; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.microsoft.com) continues to benefit from strong demand for its Azure cloud computing service and its artificial intelligence software tools....

Investors interested in dividends should only buy the highest-yielding Canadian dividend stocks if they meet these criteria.