In volatile markets, high-quality stocks typically hold up better than most, and are often first to recover when markets improve.

These three ETFs hold mostly high-quality stocks traded on Canadian exchanges. Each fund mirrors the performance of a major stock index or sub-index. Although you… Read More

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO. $106 (Toronto symbol CNR; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 728.3 million; Market cap: $77.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 5.6; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.cn.ca) recently signed a three-year contract to ship 50,000 to 60,000 barrels of Cenvous’s… Read More

ISHARES S&P/TSX 60 INDEX ETF $22.97 (Toronto symbol XIU; TSINetwork ETF Rating: Conservative; Market cap: $8.6 billion) is a low-fee way to buy the top Canadian listed stocks. Specifically, the ETF holds stocks that represent the S&P/TSX 60 Index—the largest, most heavily traded equities on the TSX.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., $9.28, New York symbol GE, fell 20% this week after the company cut its dividend and revealed that the Department of Justice is investigating its accounting practices.

Starting with the first quarterly payment in 2019, GE will reduce its dividend by 91.7%, to… Read More

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO., $107.57, Toronto symbol CNR, operates Canada’s largest railway. Its 32,200-kilometre network stretches across the country. It also travels down through the U.S. Midwest, connecting Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

CN continues to upgrade its rail networks and equipment in response to… Read More

Each of these three ETFs hold mostly high-quality stocks traded on Canadian exchanges. Each fund mirrors the performance of a major stock index or sub-index.  That sets them apart from ETFs that focus on narrower indexes or themes such as social media or solar power.

Although… Read More

CENOVUS ENERGY $13.42 (Toronto symbol CVE; Shares outstanding: 1.2 billion; Market cap: $16.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 1.5%; www.cenovus.com) has signed three-year deals with CN Rail (symbol CNR on Toronto) and CP Rail (symbol CP on Toronto) to transport 100,000 barrels per day of crude from Northern Alberta to… Read More

The six ETFs we update below mainly hold high-quality stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each fund tracks the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from ETFs focused on narrower indexes or themes such as cryptocurrencies or biotechnology.
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MICROSOFT CORP., $114.37, Nasdaq symbol MSFT, is the world’s largest software company. Its Windows operating system powers about 90% of the world’s personal computers.

Microsoft will raise its quarterly dividend by 9.5% with the December 2018 payment, to $0.46 a share from $0.42. The new annual… Read More

ENBRIDGE INC., $44.46, Toronto symbol ENB, operates pipelines that pump oil and natural gas from Western Canada to eastern Canada and the U.S. It also distributes gas to consumers in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and New York State.

In February 2017, the company completed its all-stock… Read More