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McDonald’s continues to improve its domestic performance and keeps raising dividends despite international challenges and an E. coli scare.

Will using the ex-dividend date and record date get more dividend returns? Keep reading for more information.

NORTH WEST COMPANY, $48.01, is a buy. The retailer (symbol NWC on Toronto) sells food, and everyday products and services through 227 stores. Those locations are mainly in northern communities across Canada and Alaska. Through your shares, you also tap the company’s operations in remote regions of Hawaii, the wider South Pacific and the Caribbean.

North West’s food offerings consist of perishable and non-perishable products including groceries, dairy, produce, meat, convenience foods, food service, home meal replacement, health and beauty aids, paper products and cleaning supplies....

TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, $75.87, Toronto symbol TD, remains a buy for patient, income-seeking investors.

With the January 2025 payment, TD will raise your quarterly dividend by 2.9%. Investors will then receive $1.05 a share instead of $1.02....

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC., $61.93, Nasdaq symbol MDLZ, is a buy.

The company makes cookies and crackers (Oreo, Ritz), chocolate bars (Cadbury, Toblerone), candy (Clorets, Sour Patch Kids) and Halls cough drops.

This week, Mondelez announced a new plan to buy back up to $9 billion of its common shares by December 31, 2027....

TSI’s Scott Clayton has unearthed a sextet of dividend-paying gems hiding in plain sight. These companies, spanning industries from railway giants to potato powerhouses, have seen their share prices take a beating in 2024. But don’t be fooled by their temporary fall from grace – our rigorous TSI Dividend Sustainability Rating System suggests these stocks are coiled springs, ready to bounce back with a vengeance.

We’ve identified six companies that not only maintain rock-solid dividend credentials but also possess the financial firepower and market positioning to deliver potentially explosive returns in 2025 and beyond....

Well Health Technologies reports 23.1% revenue surge as it bridges virtual and physical care across multiple specialties on both sides of the border.

We have been asked many times, “What is value investing and how can I profit from it?” The Successful Investor approach involves focusing on stocks that provide good prospects, but can be bought at a low price relative to other stocks on the market

SCHNEIDER NATIONAL INC., $31.47, symbol SNDR on New York, is a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based transportation and logistics company. In business for 89 years, Schneider has three operating segments: Truckload (48% of revenue), Intermodal (24%), and Logistics (28%).

On November 24, 2024, the company announced its acquisition of Cowan Systems LLC for $390 million cash....

BANK OF MONTREAL, $146.32, Toronto symbol BMO, is still a buy.

With the February 2025 payment, the bank will raise your quarterly dividend by 2.6%, to $1.59 a share from $1.55. The new annual rate of $6.36 yields a high 4.3%. Bank of Montreal also announced a new plan to buy back up to 20 million of its common shares (2.7% of the total outstanding).

On February 1, 2023, the bank completed its acquisition of Bank of the West from France’s BNP Paribas for $13.8 billion U.S

Bank of the West provides a variety of retail and commercial banking services to over 1.8 million customers in 24 U.S....