TD

The major Canadian and U.S. stock markets have moved back up since their initial COVID-19 drop. Nonetheless, we think that if you can afford to stay in the market for several years or longer, now is still a good time for new buying. We see ETFs as one way for you to profit from the continuing rise, while at the same time cutting your risk.


The best of these funds offer a diversified group of stocks and charge you low management fees....

The current $1.4 trillion U.S. value of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund corresponds to around a whopping $254,000 per citizen. This sovereign fund is now the world’s largest wealth fund, followed by the China, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi funds.


Although revenue from oil and gas production is transferred to the fund, these deposits account for less than half the value of the fund....

Download our free report and discover 7 stocks due for big gains after investors use tax-loss selling to cut their Canadian capital gains tax.

The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate to 0.25% in early 2020. That was to support economic activity after COVID-19 hit. Whether the bank continues to hold that rate steady, cuts it again or, more likely, raises it depends on Canada’s economy and employment levels.


Meanwhile, today’s low interest rates make bonds unattractive....

Bank of Nova Scotia has underperformed the other Big Five Canadian banks since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. For instance, TD Bank, our other safety-conscious bank pick, is now up 22% from its pre-COVID-19 high. Scotiabank is up just 10%. That’s mostly because TD Bank’s international focus is on the recovering U.S....

PagerDuty’s clients are mostly big corporations, while NortonLifeLock targets the consumer market. But both have winning business models that we expect will lead to strong growth in future years. We see PagerDuty as a Power Buy and NortonLifeLock as a buy.


PAGERDUTY INC., $41.16, is a buy. The company (New York symbol PD; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.pagerduty.com; Shares outstanding: 85.0 million; Market cap: $3.6 billion; No dividends paid) operates a platform that collects real-time data from software systems and devices and then notifies its IT customers of any incident that could harm their operations.


In the quarter ended July 31, 2021, revenue rose 33.2%, to $67.5 million from $50.7 million a year earlier....

Buying the best Canadian bank dividend stocks can be a profitable endeavour—if you make your selections wisely. Learn more in this article now.

LOBLAW COMPANIES, $93.97, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 335.6 million; Market cap: $31.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.6%; www.loblaw.ca) operates 1,096 supermarkets under several banners, including Loblaws, Zehrs, Provigo, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills.


In March 2014, it purchased the Shoppers Drug Mart chain for $12.3 billion in cash and shares....

A: iShares Core MSCI Canadian Quality Dividend Index ETF, $24.36, symbol XDIV on Toronto (Units outstanding: 22.2 million; Market cap: $540.8 million; www.blackrock.com/ca), tracks the MSCI Canada High Dividend Yield 10% Security Capped Index.

This index aims to invest in Canadian stocks with above-average dividend yields and steady or increasing dividends....

TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $86 is a buy. The lender (Toronto symbol TD; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $154.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 3.6; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.td.com) is Canada’s second-largest bank by market cap after Royal Bank (see page 101).


TD has entered into a new agreement with Envestnet, Inc....