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THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $233 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing Sector; Shares outstanding: 449.7 million; Market cap: $104.8 billion; Dividend yield: 1.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.thomsonreuters.com) sells specialized information and software to the legal, tax and accounting fields....

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Dividend Stocks

Asset sales improve their long-term prospects

These two leading packaged foodmakers continue to sell parts of their product portfolios in response to changing consumer tastes. These moves should spur their long-term growth and dividends. Note—we prefer Kraft Heinz for your new buying.

GENERAL MILLS INC....

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Dividend Stocks

Demographic trends bode well for these insurers

These two insurers have a bright future, particularly as population growth will drive demand for new policies and retirement planning services. For now, we prefer Sun Life as Great-West’s recent acquisitions add to its risk.

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Lower interest rates help your REIT income

The Bank of Canada has cut its benchmark interest rate three times since June, from 5.00% to 4.25%. Lower rates are good news for these two REITs, as they make it easier to attract new tenants and service their debt.

ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $20 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 128.0 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Distribution yield: 9.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.alliedreit.com) owns 192 office buildings and 10 properties under development, mainly in major Canadian cities....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

Choice has a sustainable payout

CHOICE PROPERTIES REIT $15 is a top pick for 2024. Canada’s biggest REIT (Toronto symbol CHP.UN; Cyclical-Growth Payer Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units outstanding: 723.6 million; Market cap: $10.9 billion; Distribution yield: 5.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.choicereit.ca) owns 702 properties, with 65.9 million square feet of retail, industrial, mixed-use and residential space....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

IBM lets you profit from AI wave

We see IBM as a great way for investors to successfully tap the fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI) field. This legacy tech firm was in fact an early pioneer in AI. In 2011, and representing an AI milestone, IBM’s Watson supercomputer beat human contestants on the Jeopardy game show.

Rising client demand for AI services has lifted the stock by 50% in the past year....

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Dividend Stocks

A Yield to Caution

CANOE EIT INCOME FUND $14.42 (Toronto symbol EIT.UN; Units o/s: 178.8 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Divd. yield: 8.3%; www.canoefinancial.com) is a closed-end fund that invests in a portfolio of dividend paying stocks. U.S. stocks account for 49.2% of its holdings, followed by Canadian at 47.5%.

Canoe pays a monthly distribution of $0.10 a unit; that makes for a high 8.3% yield....

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Pat McKeough

Dividend Stocks

The ins and outs of ... stock buybacks vs. dividends

Investors crave cash dividends. At the same time, even some successful investors dismiss the value of stock buybacks. Still, in many ways, buybacks (or share repurchases) are almost as good as dividends.

Stock buybacks have three major advantages: First, stock buybacks raise earnings per share....

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How To Invest

Here’s our WSSF Conservative Growth Portfolio for October 2024

You Can See Our WSSF Conservative Growth Portfolio For October 2024 Here.

We designed our TSINetwork Ratings to give you an idea of the in...

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Value Stocks

Updating your Conservative stocks: Campbell Soup, Philips Electronics, Canon

CAMPBELL SOUP CO. $49 (www.campbellsoupcompany.com) is a buy. The company plans to change its name to “The Campbell’s Company,” reflecting its broader array of products. It also recently transferred its stock listing from the New York Stock Exchange to Nasdaq (the shares continue to trade under the “CPB” symbol.) The move should lower its administrative costs. Campbell Soup is a buy.

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V....

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