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CHEVRON CORP. $155 is a buy. The integrated oil producer (New York symbol CVX; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.9 billion; Market cap: $294.5 billion; Dividend yield: 4.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.chevron.com) raised your quarterly dividend by 7.9% with the March 2024 payment....

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Dividend Stocks

Use these key updates to build your returns: IGM, Extendicare & AbbVie

IGM FINANCIAL INC. $35 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IGM; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 238.2 million; Market cap: $8.3 billion; Dividend yield: 6.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.igmfinancial.com) is Canada’s largest independent asset management provider with $247.5 billion in assets under management and administration as of February 29, 2024....

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Cancer drugs should spur Pfizer

PFIZER INC. $28 is a buy. The drugmaker (New York symbol PFE; Income-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 5.6 billion; Market cap: $156.8 billion; Dividend yield: 6.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.pfizer.com) raised your annual dividend rate by 2.4% with the March 2024 payment, to $0.42 a share from $0.41....

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Dividend Stocks

Lower costs cut their risk

These two makers of tools and household products are aggressively cutting costs, which helps support their dividend payments. However, we prefer Stanley for your new buying.

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC. $93 is a buy. The company (New York symbol SWK; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 153.8 million; Market cap: $14.3 billion; Dividend yield: 3.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.stanleyblackanddecker.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of hand and power tools.

With the September 2023 payment, the company raised your quarterly dividend by 1.3%, to $0.81 a share from $0.80....

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Dividend Stocks

These grocers earn our ‘Highest’ ratings

These two grocers have a long history of regular dividend increases. Their investments in new stores and equipment should also give them more room to reward investors. That’s why we assign them our “Highest” Dividend Sustainability Rating.

LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD....

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Dividend Stocks

RBI aims to attract younger customers

RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $109 is a buy for aggressive investors. The fast-food operator (Toronto symbol QSR, High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 452.0 million; Market cap: $49.3 billion; Dividend yield: 2.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.rbi.com) will raise your quarterly dividend by 5.5% with the April 2024 payment, to $0.58 U.S....

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Dividend Stocks

Regulated assets support these high yields

Utility stocks are a great way for income-seeking investors to spur their long-term returns. That’s because regulators set the rates they charge high enough to give those utilities enough cash to invest in new projects, service their debt and pay dependable dividends.

ALTAGAS LTD....

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Dividend Stocks

New entity will fund Florida projects

H&R REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $9.01 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol HR.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 261.9 million; Market cap: $2.4 billion; Distribution yield: 6.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.hr-reit.com) owns 387 residential, industrial, office and some retail properties in Canada and the U.S....

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Dividend Stocks

These dividend cuts are actually good news

We’re always disappointed when our recommendations cut their dividends, such as Innergex and Dream Office REIT. However, both of those stocks moved up on the news, as the lower payouts will give the companies room to keep improving their businesses. Even though their yields remain high, their payouts are now much more sustainable

INNERGEX RENEWABLE ENERGY INC....

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A Yield to Caution: iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF

ISHARES S&P/TSX CANADIAN DIVIDEND ARISTOCRATS INDEX ETF $32 (Toronto symbol CDZ; Units outstanding: 28.1 million; Market cap: $899.2 million; Dividend yield: 3.95%; www.blackrock.com/ca) aims to mirror the performance of the S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index.

The ETF holds 91 stocks....

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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