Visa Inc.
MCDONALD’S CORP., $249.16, New York symbol MCD, is your #1 Conservative Buy for 2022.
The company is the world’s largest fast-food chain with over 39,000 restaurants in 119 countries. It serves a wide variety of food but is best known for its hamburgers and french fries....
The company is the world’s largest fast-food chain with over 39,000 restaurants in 119 countries. It serves a wide variety of food but is best known for its hamburgers and french fries....
A: Mastercard Inc., $363.96, symbol MA on New York (Shares outstanding: 969.7 million; Market cap: $358.7 billion; www.mastercard.com), is the world’s second-largest payment processor behind only Visa (symbol V on New York).
Mastercard makes money from every transaction it processes for Mastercard-branded credit cards both domestically and cross-border....
Mastercard makes money from every transaction it processes for Mastercard-branded credit cards both domestically and cross-border....
A: PayPal Holdings Inc., $118.23, symbol PYPL on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $142.0 billion; www.paypal.com), remains a buy, but only for aggressive investors.
The company gives investors a way to tap into the fast-growing field of online transaction processing....
The company gives investors a way to tap into the fast-growing field of online transaction processing....
The major Canadian and U.S. stock markets, while subject to volatility, 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....
VISA INC. $215 is a buy. The company (New York symbol V; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 2.1 billion; Market cap: $451.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 16.8; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.visa.com) has suspended is operations in Russia as a result of that country’s attack on Ukraine....
Many technology stocks has seen strong growth over the past couple of years as the pandemic unfolded. The reasons included: the rapid expansion of productivity and cybersecurity technology as COVID-19 forced many people to work from home, and the shift to online shopping....
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 best of these funds offer a diversified group of stocks and charge you low management fees....
Instead of investing directly in cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, we prefer companies like Visa and PayPal that will profit from processing crypto transactions. Both firms also stand to gain from the ongoing shift to electronic payments.
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A: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF, $165.46, symbol VIG on New York (Units outstanding: 404.8 million; Market cap: $67.0 billion; www.vanguard.com), aims to track the S&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index.
The ETF has a very low 0.06% MER....
The ETF has a very low 0.06% MER....
A: CIBC’s new Canadian Depository Receipts (CDRs) aim to give investors the opportunity to buy shares and/or fractions of shares in any of a number of U.S. or other foreign companies, in bundles that start out trading at a price of about $20 Cdn. each. CDRs come with a built-in hedging feature that reduces exchange-rate fluctuations....