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Solid growth prospects offset its low yield

While Microsoft’s low yield may not immediately appeal to income-seeking investors, the stock remains a solid pick for your portfolio. The company began paying regular dividends in 2004 and has raised that rate each year since 2010. It’s upcoming purchase of videogame maker Activision will also give it more room to reward shareholders.

MICROSOFT CORP....

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Dividend Stocks

Strong brands buoy this dividend

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. $146 is a buy. The consumer products giant (New York symbol PG; Income-Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $350.4 billion; Dividend yield: 2.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.pg.com) raised your quarterly dividend with the May 2022 payment, to $0.9133 a share, up 5.0% from $0.8698....

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Dividend Stocks

Use these updates to boost your returns

NEWELL BRANDS INC. $20 remains a hold. The consumer products maker (Nasdaq symbol NWL; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 413.6 million; Market cap: $8.3 billion; Dividend yield: 4.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.newellbrands.com) last raised its quarterly dividend with the June 2017 payment....

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Dividend Stocks

Weak markets offset acquisition

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $33 is a hold. Canada’s second-largest life insurer (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; shares outstanding: 931.8 million; Market cap: $30.7 billion; Dividend yield: 5.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) last raised its quarterly dividend with the December 2021 payment....

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Dividend Stocks

Depend on these niche dividend stocks

These two companies have held their dividends steady for several years, and we feel their current payouts continue to be safe. Both are also leaders in niche industries, which cuts your risk.

RUSSEL METALS INC. $30 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol RUS; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 63.1 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; Dividend yield: 5.1%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.russelmetals.com) is one of the largest metals distributors in North America with more than 30,000 end customers across many different industries.

Russel has paid regular quarterly dividends of $0.38 a share since the third quarter of 2014; the annual rate of $1.52 yields a high 5.1%....

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Dividend Stocks

Strong quarter for Raytheon

RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORP. $93 is a buy. The company (New York symbol RTX; Conservative-Growth Payer Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $139.5 billion; Dividend yield: 2.4%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.rtx.com) is a leading maker of commercial aircraft equipment, electronic systems for military aircraft and guided missiles.

With the June 2022 payment, Raytheon raised your quarterly dividend by 7.8%....

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Dividend Stocks

Expect more dividend hikes from these picks

These two industrial firms have a long history of annual dividend increases. We expect investors in both these companies will continue to benefit from their improving earnings and strong balance sheets.

GENUINE PARTS CO. $157 is a buy. The company (New York symbol GPC; Income-Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 141.4 million; Market cap: $22.2 billion; Dividend yield: 2.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.genpt.com) is a leading seller of replacement auto parts....

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Dividend Stocks

Top brands support their dividends

Foodmakers Kraft Heinz and Campbell Soup have raised the prices of their products in response to rising input costs. Despite that, their strong brands should continue to attract customers. That loyalty supports their high yields.

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Dividend Stocks

New properties boost cash flow

ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $32 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Cyclical-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Units outstanding: 128.0 million; Market cap: $4.1 billion; Distribution yield: 5.5%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.alliedreit.com) owns 200 office buildings and 13 properties under development, mainly in major Canadian cities.

Starting with the January 2022 payment, Allied raised its monthly distribution by 2.9%....

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Dividend Stocks

Spinoff created two high-yielding buys

Spinoffs tend to work out well, as investors gemerally prefer “pure-play” companies that focus on a single business. H&R’s spinoff of its retail properties as Primaris has enhanced its appeal and is behind our decision to name H&R as a top pick for 2022....

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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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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

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