Top holdings add appeal

POWER CORP. $30.69 (Toronto symbol POW; Shares o/s: 414.4 million; Market cap: $14.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.powercorporation. com) is a holding company with a diversified list of businesses. It holds its financial assets through its 65.6%-owned Power Financial.

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Top assets pay dividends

POWER CORP. $28.82 (Toronto symbol POW; Shares outstanding: 414.4 million; Market cap: $13.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.0%; www. powercorporation.com) is a diversified holding company. It holds its financial assets through its 65.6%-owned Power Financial.
In the quarter ended March 31, 2017, Power… Read More

Three of our picks just raised their dividends

IMPERIAL OIL LTD. $39 (Toronto symbol IMO; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 847.6 million; Market cap: $33.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.imperialoil.ca) is Canada’s secondlargest integrated oil company, after Suncor Energy. U.S. based ExxonMobil (New York symbol… Read More

This financial family offers high yields

POWER CORP. $32 (Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 414.9 million; Market cap: $13.3 billion; Dividend yield: 4.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.powercorporation. com) is a diversified holding company. It gets most of its income from its 65.6% stake in Power Financial (Toronto… Read More

Top assets are a big plus

POWER CORP. $30.79 (Toronto symbol POW; Shares outstanding: 414.4 million; Market cap: $14.6 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.4%; www.powercorporation.com) is a diversified holding company. It holds its financial assets through its 65.6%-owned Power Financial.
In the quarter ended December 31, 2016, Power Corp.’s… Read More

Two ETF buys for international exposure

Two ETF buys for international exposure

These two ETFs offer low-fee exposure to top stocks in both Germany and Korea.
ISHARES MSCI SOUTH KOREA INDEX FUND (New York symbol EWY; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI Korea Index. The ETF’s top holdings are Samsung Electronics, 24.3%; SK Hynix… Read More

A Yield to Caution

CAPITAL POWER CORP. $26 (Toronto symbol CPX; Shares outstanding: 96.1 million; Market cap: $2.5 billion; Dividend yield: 6.0%; www.capitalpower.com) is one of Canada’s largest independent electrical power producers, with a stake in 3,600 megawatts of generating capacity. Its holdings are mainly in Alberta.
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Six international ETFs: 4 buys, 2 holds

We think conservative investors can hold up to 10% of their portfolios in foreign stocks. One way to do that is to buy carefully chosen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that have an overseas focus.
The best ETFs continue to offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient… Read More