Toronto-Dominion Bank
When selecting ETFs, you should look at the stocks they hold but also the methods they use to choose them. All funds use strategies aimed at boosting returns and cutting risk. The two ETFs below (and that in the column to the right) use unique strategies that have both pros and cons.
Meanwhile, the supplement starting on page 79 provides more information on how the most-popular ETFs are constructed....
The economic uncertainty caused by COVID-19 has forced TD, and other big banks, to increase the funds it sets aside for possible loan defaults. While that has hurt its current earnings, the bank can comfortably absorb these charges. As well, regulators have relaxed their capitalization requirements for banks, which should help TD cope during the crisis....
Despite the economic disruption brought on by COVID-19, we still like the long-term prospects for investors in Canada’s top banks. As they were during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, these institutions are well prepared and well capitalized to handle the current shock.
Meanwhile, under new rules by banking regulators in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Canada’s banks have suspended their share buybacks and will not raise their dividends....
Meanwhile, under new rules by banking regulators in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Canada’s banks have suspended their share buybacks and will not raise their dividends....
Introduction
Successful Investors always give dividend stocks the respect they deserve and most view them as the foundation of a sound and profitable investment portfolio.
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Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Bank of Canada has cut its benchmark lending rate to just 0.25%. That will certainly hurt the interest income that Canada’s Big Five banks earn on their loans. The pandemic will also dampen demand for new loans, at least until the economy returns to normal....
A: Real Matters Inc., $11.85, symbol REAL on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 84.9 million; Market cap: $957.7 million; www.realmatters.com), provides technology and network management solutions to the mortgage lending and insurance industries in Canada and the U.S....
A: Dream Industrial REIT, $7.98, symbol DIR.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 152.2 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; www.dreamindustrialreit.ca), offers investors a portfolio of industrial properties in North America and Europe.
The REIT, originally named Dundee Industrial REIT, first sold units to the public and began trading in October 2012 at $10 per unit....
The REIT, originally named Dundee Industrial REIT, first sold units to the public and began trading in October 2012 at $10 per unit....
A: Activision Blizzard Inc. $54.43, symbol ATVI on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 769.2 million; Market cap: $43.4 billion; www.activisionblizzard.com), is a video game company founded in July 2008 through the merger of Activision, Inc....
A: The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF, $31.17, symbol SDOG on New York (Units outstanding: 34.5 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; www.alpssectordividenddogs.com), is an ETF that applies the “Dogs of the Dow” theory on a sector-by-sector basis using the stocks in the S&P 500....
A: Cematrix Corp., $0.33, symbol CVX on the Toronto Venture Exchange (Shares outstanding: 60.4 million; Market cap: $19.9 million; www.Cematrix.com), is a Calgary-based manufacturer and installer of what it promotes as technologically advanced cellular concrete products.
Cellular concrete is an innovative construction material consisting of cement, water, a proprietary pre-formed foaming agent, and compressed air....
Cellular concrete is an innovative construction material consisting of cement, water, a proprietary pre-formed foaming agent, and compressed air....