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ETFs

One of the key attractions of exchange-traded funds is their lower fees compared to mutual funds. In addition, as more competitors entered the market, fees on many ETFs continue to drop.

One of the older U.S.-based funds with a large asset base and higher fees is the IShares MSCI Canada ETF $41.96 (New York symbol EWC)....

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ETFs

Online commerce keeps expanding

Online commerce grew steadily for a decade before the onset of COVID-19. It then took off in a major way. Still, as consumers returned to physical stores and workers returned to the office, that rapid growth slowed. Regardless, the long-term trend remains firmly positive, and online transactions should continue to rise for years to come.

Here are two ETFs that include companies with a strong online presence....

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How To Invest

Here’s our Income-Seeking Stock Portfolio for March 2025

You Can See Our Income-Seeking Portfolio For March 2025 Here.

This month we update our Portfolio for Income-Seeking Investors.

In light of the current market volatility, investors are paying more attention to dividend yields (dividends paid per share divided by the current stock price)....

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Dividend Stocks

Updating your Income stocks: Canadian Utilities, Atco and Andrew Peller

CANADIAN UTILITIES LTD. $34 (www.canadianutilities.com) is a buy. The company distributes electricity and natural gas in Alberta and Australia. It also owns or invests in power plants in Canada, Mexico, Australia and Chile....

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Energy Stocks

Lower costs would help Imperial offset tariffs

Imperial Oil’s shares have dropped recently in response to threatened U.S. tariffs on Canadian oil imports. However, the company’s falling operating costs should help reduce any tariff-related impact. In fact, Imperial is so confident in its prospects, it just raised your dividend by 20%.

IMPERIAL OIL LTD....

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Dividend Stocks

Enbridge rewards investors

ENBRIDGE INC. $64 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol ENB; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 2.2 billion; Market cap: $140.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.9; Dividend yield: 5.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.enbridge.com) operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S....

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Value Stocks

Here are key updates on your holdings

TELUS INTERNATIONAL (CDA) INC. $4.94 remains a buy, but only for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol TIXT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 275.0 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.telusinternational.com) now operates as Telus Digital Experience....

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Growth Stocks

Stantec expects higher growth

STANTEC INC. $110 is a buy. This engineering firm (Toronto symbol STN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 114.1 million; Market cap: $12.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 0.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.stantec.com) has a new growth plan to mitigate the impact of climate change while making better use of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, to improve efficiency.

The plan should lift the company’s annual revenue from about $5.8 billion in 2024 to $7.5 billion in 2026....

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Value Stocks

These two benefit from a narrower focus

These two financial services providers continue to benefit from their recent plans to better focus on their core businesses. We still like both of these high-quality stocks, but prefer IGM for your new buying.

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $52 is a hold. The insurer (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; shares outstanding: 932.1 million; Market cap: $48.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.8; Dividend yield: 4.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest life insurer, after Manulife Financial....

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Value Stocks

Transcontinental has a bright outlook

Transcontinental continues to benefit from its 2018 purchase of a U.S.-based plastic packaging firm. That cut its reliance on its traditional commercial printing operations, particularly as advertisers and publishers shift to online platforms. A new cost-cutting plan should also push its earnings higher in the next few years and support its high yielding dividend.

TRANSCONTINENTAL INC....

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Spinoffs

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.

Value Stocks

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.

Wealth Management

Wealth management is the practice of putting your savings to work so that it continues to grow over your lifetime and will also benefit your heirs. Wealth management encompasses many different areas of investing like long term investment planning and retirement planning.

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.

How To Invest

Pat McKeough has been making investing for beginners simple—and profitable—by helping investors make big gains for more than 25 years. His advice to beginning investors is the same as it is for all investors: buy high-quality, mostly dividend paying stocks (or ETFs that hold these stocks) and evenly spread your investments over the five main economic sectors (Resources, Manufacturing, Finance, Utilities and Consumer). Pat also believes investors should avoid stocks in the broker/media limelight and focus on those with hidden or little-noticed assets.

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.