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TD BANK, $85.82, is a buy for patient, income-seeking investors. The lender (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $148.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.8%; www.td.com) recently settled charges over lapses in the anti-money laundering processes at its U.S....

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Dividend Stocks

HBC won’t hurt RioCan

RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $17.28, is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Units outstanding: 297.2 million; Market cap: $5.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.7%; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 186 shopping centres and other properties across Canada, including eight projects under development.

The Hudson’s Bay Company, which operates 96 department stores in seven provinces, has begun to liquidate most of its stores, and it still aims to keep six of them going.

As a result, HBC is set to sell most stores or the leases associated with rented ones.

Through a joint venture, RioCan co-owns seven Hudson’s Bay stores....

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Dividend Stocks

Consider these two safety-conscious leaders

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:

BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS L.P., $32.36, is a buy. The partnership (Toronto symbol BEP.UN; Units outstanding: 660.2 million; Market cap: $21.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 6.6%; www.bep.brookfield.com) owns 239 hydroelectric generating stations, 230 wind farms, 226 solar facilities, and 7,211 distributed generation and energy storage sites.

In the quarter ended December 31, 2024, Brookfield’s revenue increased 8.2%, to $1.43 billion from $1.32 billion a year earlier (all amounts except unit price and market cap in U.S....

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ETFs

Vietnam on the upswing

VANECK VECTORS VIETNAM ETF, $12.70, is a buy for aggressive investors. This emerging-markets ETF (New York symbol VNM) taps the country’s leading firms as well as foreign firms that get a significant share of their revenue from this Southeast Asian nation....

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ETFs

Buy Taiwan’s top firms

ISHARES MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUND, $48.48 is a buy for aggressive investors. The ETF (New York symbol EWT; buy or sell through brokers) gives you direct exposure to some of the top public companies of this East Asian powerhouse economy.

The fund’s largest holding is Taiwan Semiconductor at 20.9% of assets....

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ETFs

These ETFs offer you top-quality stocks

The major Canadian and U.S. stock markets, while still subject to volatility, continue to offer attractive prospects for investors—especially if you buy the top stocks. All in all, we think that if you can afford to stay in the market for several years or longer, now is a good time for new buying....

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Dividend Stocks

Telus looks to unlock value

TELUS, $20.04, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol T; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $31.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 8.0%; www.telus.com) continues to explore a plan to unlock the value of its cellphone tower network....

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Dividend Stocks

Two pipelines with high, sustainable yields

Most of Pembina’s and South Bow’s pipelines operate under long-term contracts. That helps lower their risk in today’s uncertain economy. It also results in high, sustainable dividend yields for shareholders. At the same time, that dependable income bolsters their appeal and supports their share prices.

PEMBINA PIPELINE, $58.54, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; Shares outstanding: 580.6 million; Market cap: $33.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.pembina.com) is an energy transportation and midstream service provider that has served North America’s energy industry for 70 years....

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Dividend Stocks

BCE invests in the U.K.

BCE INC., $31.24, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 921.8 million; Market cap: $30.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 12.8%) is now buying a majority stake in U.K.-based Sphere Abacus through its Bell Media division.

That firm distributes films, television programming and other media to a wide variety of international broadcasters and streaming firms.

The company has not yet said how much it is paying for this stake....

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Dividend Stocks

Canadian insurers for Finance sector gains ahead

Both these Canadian insurance stocks provide investors with growth prospects as well as current high dividend yields. We see each as a buy.

MANULIFE FINANCIAL, $46.35, is a buy. This safety-conscious stock (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $78.3 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.8%; www.manulife.ca) represents one of Canada’s largest life insurers....

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One of the ways a company can try to unlock its own hidden value is by creating a separate company out of a corporate subsidiary. The parent company can either sell stock in the new company to the public, or spin it off—hand the stock out to its own investors.

Dividend Stocks

Dividend stocks make cash payouts that serve as a way for companies to share the wealth they’ve accumulated. These payouts are drawn from earnings and cash flow and paid to the shareholders of the company. Typically, these dividends are paid quarterly, although they may be paid annually or even monthly as well.

ETFs

What are ETFs?

ETF is an acronym for exchange traded fund. These exchange traded funds are used to track indexes as closely as possible, since investors cannot actually buy an index outright.

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What are value stocks?

One of the sweetest and most profitable pleasures of successful investing is to buy high-quality “value stocks” (or stocks that are reasonably priced, if not cheap, in relation to its sales, earnings or assets), then hold on to them as mainstream investors recognize the value and push up the share price.

Blue Chip Stocks

Blue chip stocks are big, well-established, dividend-paying corporations with strong business prospects. These are companies that also have sound management that should be able to make the right moves to keep competing successfully in a changing marketplace.

Penny Stocks

A penny stock in general trades for under five dollars a share, and as the name implies, sometimes for pennies. Most of the time they’re young companies, or start-ups in speculative markets like mining or technology.

Growth Stocks

Growth stocks are companies that are likely to have sales and earnings growth well above market average. Frequently they pay few, if any, dividends. Instead they typically reinvest any extra cash flow to promote further growth. Chosen wisely—according to Pat McKeough’s advice—high-quality growth-oriented stocks can be worthwhile additions to most well-diversified portfolios.

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Mining Stocks

Mining stocks are investments in companies that produce or explore for minerals. Some of these minerals include uranium, coal, molybdenum (which is used in steelmaking), copper, silver and gold. They are affected by fluctuating commodity prices in addition to their own business and operating risks.

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Energy Stocks

What are energy stocks?

Businesses that work in the extraction, refining and delivery of energy sources such as natural gas, oil, uranium and coal, are considered energy stocks.