Key updates on your safety-conscious stocks

MANULIFE FINANCIAL, $29.72, is a buy. This safety-conscious blue-chip company (Toronto symbol MFC; Shares o/s: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $53.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 4.9%; www.manulife.ca) is one of Canada’s largest life insurers. The company also sells other forms of insurance including health, dental and travel plans;… Read More

Hold off on new buying

ISHARES S&P/TSX REIT INDEX ETF, $15.83, is a hold. The ETF (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) lets investors tap all 16 Canadian real estate investment trusts in the S&P/TSX REIT Index. Investors pay an MER of 0.61%, and the fund gives you a 4.7% yield.
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Major-city focus gives you a big advantage

These two REITs own some of the best properties in Canada’s biggest cities. Despite the disruptions caused by the work from home and online shopping trends, those high-quality holdings should continue to attract tenants.
ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $20.10, is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol… Read More

High-quality properties support their payouts

These two REITs own some of the best properties in Canada’s biggest cities. Despite the disruptions caused by the work from home and online shopping trends, those high-quality holdings should continue to attract tenants and let these REITs keep raising your distributions.
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These safety-conscious stocks remain buys

TD BANK, $77.49, (Toronto symbol TD; Shares outstanding: 1.8 billion; Market cap: $141.7 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.0%; www.td.com) merged its 43%-owned U.S. online brokerage firm TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (Nasdaq symbol AMTD) with rival Charles Schwab Corp. (New York symbol SCHW) in… Read More

You can depend on these high-yield REITs

Allied Properties REIT and RioCan REIT both continue to focus on Canada’s top markets. All in all, each trust remains attractive thanks to its high-quality properties and tenants.
ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, $17.23, is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Units outstanding: 128.0 million; Market… Read More