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ENBRIDGE INC. $49 (Toronto symbol ENB; Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 1.65 billion; Market cap: $80.9 billion; Dividend yield: 5.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S....
CANADIAN REIT $46 (Toronto symbol REF.UN; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry secotor; Units o/s: 73.4 million; Market cap: $3.4 billion; Dividend yield: 4.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.creit.ca) owns 204 properties across Canada and Chicago, including retail (75), industrial (96), office (17) and residential (1) buildings....
BUCKEYE PARTNERS L.P. $48 (New York symbol BPL; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Units outstanding: 146.6 million; Market cap: $7.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 10.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.buckeye.com) operates 9,700 kilometres of pipelines in the northeastern and Midwestern U.S....
DEVON ENERGY CORP. $38.12 (New York symbol DVN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (405-235-3611; www.dvn.com; Shares outstanding: 525.5 million; Market cap: $20.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.6%) is one of the largest explorers and producers of oil and natural gas in the U.S....
SASOL LTD. (ADR) $31.65 (New York symbol SSL; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (082-883- 9697; www.sasol.com; ADRs o/s: 653.0 million; Market cap: $21.7 billion; Dividend yield: 3.8%) has now completed a strategic review of its operations based on today’s energy prices.
As a result, it will no longer invest in startup gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects....
As a result, it will no longer invest in startup gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects....
AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC. $162 (New York symbol APD; Manufacturing Sector; Shares outstanding: 218.0 million; Market cap: $35.3 billion; Takeover Target Rating: Low; Dividend yield 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.airproducts.com) is a global seller of gases extracted from the atmosphere (oxygen, nitrogen) and gases from other sources (hydrogen, helium)....
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TECK RESOURCES LTD. $29 (www.teck.com) is a leading producer of metallurgical coal, a key ingredient in steelmaking. It also produces zinc and copper. Thanks to higher prices for those commodities, the company will pay an extra dividend of $0.40 a share on December 29, 2017....