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PEPSICO INC. $166 is a hold. The company (Nasdaq symbol PEP; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $232.4 billion; Dividend yield: 3.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pepsico.com) is the world’s second-largest soft-drink maker after Coca-Cola....

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Dividend Stocks

AbbVie buys cancer drugmaker

ABBVIE INC. $152 is a buy. The company (New York symbol ABBV; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $273.6 billion; Dividend yield: 4.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.abbvie.com) makes biopharmaceuticals, with leading positions in immunology, oncology, aesthetics, neuroscience and eye care.

With the February 2024, AbbVie will raise your quarterly dividend by 4.7%, to $1.55 a share from $1.48....

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Dividend Stocks

Decades of dividend hikes cut their risk

Despite wide economic swings, these two U.S. companies have raised their annual dividends for decades. That resiliency during good times and bad cuts the risk for investors.

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. $144 is a buy. The stock (New York symbol PG; Income-Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $345.6 billion; Dividend yield: 2.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.pg.com) is one of the world’s largest makers of household and personal-care goods.

Procter last raised its quarterly dividend by 2.9% with the May 2023 payment....

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Dividend Stocks

LSE sales will lift your dividend

THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $189 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing Sector; Shares o/s: 455.5 million; Market cap: $86.1 billion; Dividend yield: 1.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.thomsonreuters.com) continues to wind down its indirect stake in financial information provider Refinitiv....

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Dividend Stocks

These legacy techs remain solid buys

Technology firms tend to pay lower dividends than say, utilities, as they must spend large amounts of their revenue on research to remain competitive. Here are two legacy tech firms that offer investors an attractive combination of growth and income.

INTEL CORP....

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Dividend Stocks

Dividends look safe despite lower oil prices

In the past few years, Suncor and Imperial Oil have used their improving cash flow to pay down debt. That put them in a better position to cope with the current slump in crude oil prices, and to keep raising their dividends.

SUNCOR ENERGY INC....

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Dividend Stocks

Biofuels offset lower crop prices

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO. $71 is a buy. The company (New York symbol ADM; High-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 533.4 million; Market cap: $37.9 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.adm.com) processes corn, wheat, soybeans, flax seed and other crops into a variety of food ingredients such as flour, oils and sweeteners.

With the March 2023 payment, Archer Daniels raised its quarterly dividend by 12.5%....

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Dividend Stocks

A narrower focus will pay off for these REITs

H&R’s spinoff of Primaris let both REITs better focus on their main businesses and expand their cash flow. That improves the sustainability of their current distributions.

H&R REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $9.75 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol HR.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 261.9 million; Market cap: $2.6 billion; Distribution yield: 6.2%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.hr-reit.com) owns 392 residential, industrial, office and some retail properties in Canada and the U.S....

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Dividend Stocks

A Yield to Caution

ALARIS EQUITY PARTNERS INCOME TRUST $16 (Toronto symbol AD.UN; Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 45.5 million; Market cap: $728.0 million; Dividend yield: 8.5%) lends money to its partners—private businesses—in exchange for distributions, dividends or interest....

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Dividend Stocks

Big acquisition will spur BMO

Bank of Montreal, along with other bank stocks, has suffered in the past year as investors worried rising interest rates would hurt borrowing demand and spur a wave of loan writedowns. However, banking regulators have toughened lending standards and mortgage stress-test levels in prior years....

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