The six ETFs we update below mainly hold high-quality stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. ex- changes. Each fund tracks the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from ETFs focused on narrower indexes or themes such as solar power… Read More

TRANSCANADA CORP., $57.61, Toronto symbol TRP, operates a 91,500-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Other operations include 4,800 kilometers of crude oil pipelines and 12 power plants.

TransCanada continues to benefit from its $13 billion U.S. acquisition… Read More

SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $42 (Toronto symbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Shares outstanding: 1.7 billion; Market cap: $71.4 billion; Price-tosales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 2.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.suncor.com) is Canada’s largest integrated oil company, with its major projects in the Alberta oil sands… Read More

CGI GROUP INC., $71.30, Toronto symbol GIB.A, is Canada’s largest provider of computer-outsourcing services. It helps its clients automate routine functions such as accounting and buying supplies. That makes those firms more efficient and lets them focus on their main businesses.

The stock gained 3% this… Read More

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Dividends from companies in cyclical industries, whose profits move up and down with the overall economy, tend to be less predictable than payments from more-stable businesses such as utilities… Read More

Dividends from companies in cyclical industries, whose profits move up and down with the overall economy, tend to be less predictable than payments from more-stable businesses such as utilities. These two cyclical companies, however, have a long history of maintaining their payments, or even raising… Read More

SUNCOR ENERGY INC., $47.35, Toronto symbol SU, is Canada’s largest integrated oil company.

With the March 2017 payment, Suncor raised its quarterly dividend by 10.3%. Investors now receive $0.32 a share, up from $0.29. The new annual rate of $1.28 yields 2.7%.

The company and Teck Resources… Read More

NUTRIEN LTD., $69.13, Toronto symbol NTR, is the new firm formed by the merger of Agrium Inc. (old symbol AGU) and rival fertilizer producer Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (old symbol POT).

On January 1, 2018, Potash Corp. shareholders received 0.40 shares in Nutrien for each POT… Read More

TRANSCANADA CORP., $61.66, Toronto symbol TRP, operates a 91,500-kilometre pipeline network that pumps natural gas from Alberta to eastern Canada and the U.S. Its other operations include 4,250 kilometers of crude oil pipelines and power plants in Canada and the U.S.

Starting with the April 2017… Read More

EMERA INC., $48.63, Toronto symbol EMA, owns 100% of Nova Scotia Power—the province’s main electricity supplier. It also owns power utilities in the U.S. and the Caribbean.

Emera will raise its quarterly dividend by 8.1%, starting with the November 2017 payment. Investors will then receive $0.565… Read More