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Here are two retailers that continue to pay investors regular dividends with above-average yields. Their leading positions in niche markets continue to spur their earnings, and that gives them more room to keep raising your dividends.


NORTH WEST COMPANY $45 is a buy. This retailer (Toronto symbol NWC; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 47.6 million; Market cap: $2.1 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.northwest.ca) sells food and everyday products and services at 227 stores, mainly in northern communities across Canada, as well as in Alaska, the South Pacific and the Caribbean.


With the October 2023 payment, North West raised your quarterly dividend by 2.6%....

A main part of our approach to investing is to look for companies with hidden assets that can unlock long-term value for investors. In the case of consumer products giant Procter & Gamble, its hidden assets are its brand names, many of which have been around for more than 100 years.


Despite higher inflation and interest rates, many consumers continue to buy Procter’s products instead of switching to cheaper brands....

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Top banking pick Royal Bank of Canada offers a solid 3.6% yield and a cheap valuation with shares trading at just 13.8 times forecast earnings.

A: Fidelity Global Value Long/Short ETF, $8.98, symbol FGLS on the CBOE Canada Exchange (Units outstanding: 2.6 million; Market cap: $22.2 million; www.fidelity.ca) invests globally by taking long positions in companies that the manager believes are undervalued; at the same time, it takes short positions in what it sees as overvalued companies.

The ETF launched on February 1, 2024—the fund has operated as a mutual fund since October 2020....

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Long-time readers know that we aim to keep you informed of important news about the stocks we cover. That means highlighting developments and plans that promise to bolster investor gains. Here are two buys that stand out this month:


SHOPIFY, $103.54, remains a buy. The company (Toronto symbol SHOP; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.shopify.ca; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $133.4 billion; No dividends paid) continues to attract merchants to its platform....

ACI Worldwide and Fair Isaac have winning business models, especially in today’s expanding financial markets. We believe that will lead to strong growth in future years. Both are hitting new highs, but we still see them as buys.


ACI WORLDWIDE, $48.08, is a buy. The firm (Nasdaq symbol ACIW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (Shares o/s: 104.7 million; Market cap: $5.0 billion; No dividends paid) is the leading software provider for processing transactions by credit cards, debit cards, automated teller machines, point-of-sale terminals and interbank systems....

Specialized insurer Trisura took its current form on June 22, 2017, when Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (now Brookfield Corp.) spun off its specialty insurance business as Trisura. Investors received one Trisura share for every 170 Brookfield shares they held.


Since then, the stock has soared over 510%, for two main reasons: First, as a spinoff, it will likely outperform other classes of similar stocks....

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