These updates will enhance your portfolio: Emera Inc., Leon’s Furniture Ltd. and RioCan REIT

EMERA INC. $54 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol EMA; Income Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 249.4 million; Market cap: $13.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 4.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.emera.com) owns 100% of Nova Scotia Power, that province’s main electricity supplier. It also owns 100%… Read More

Get a 4.7% yield from Emera Inc.

Get a 4.7% yield from Emera Inc.

This utility is now investing heavily in new green-power projects, which should help attract institutional investors targeting companies with high ESG (environmental, social and governance) scores. 

An expanding rate base, a track record of increasing payouts and a sound balance sheet add to the firm’s appeal. 

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Green shift will power up their dividends

These two utilities are investing heavily in new green-power projects. The initiatives will help to better attract institutional investors, who are more and more environmentally conscious. The extra cash flow from their green projects will also let them push up dividends for investors.
FORTIS INC. $53… Read More

Going green will pay off for Emera

Emera’s share have rebounded strongly since falling to $42 in March with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We feel the stock will continue to move higher. That’s partly because Emera is replacing its coal-fired power plants with cleaner-burning natural gas, hydro power and solar… Read More

Get a 4.4% yield from Emera Inc.

Get a 4.4% yield from Emera Inc.

This stock has bounced back strongly from March 2020 lows and should continue to rise as the pandemic eases and more countries reopen their economies.  

The company’s plan to reduce its fossil fuels exposure should also bolster the stock’s appeal with institutional investors who increasingly… Read More

These actively managed ETFs hold appeal

Exchange-traded funds have traditionally offered investors three main advantages: ease of trading, low fees, and transparency. We still believe passively managed ETFs—which simply track benchmark indexes—do the best job of meeting those goals. However, actively managed ETFs, where fund managers tinker with their holdings to… Read More

Shift to green power widens their appeal

Emera and Enbridge have bounced back strongly from their March 2020 lows.
We feel both stocks will continue to rise as the pandemic eases and more countries reopen their economies. Their plans to reduce your exposure to fossil fuels will also bolster their appeal with institutional… Read More