Health Care REITs – Are They Healthy For Your Portfolio?
A few weeks ago, we discussed the great potential (and tax advantage) of investing in the Best Canadian REITs. As of the beginning of 2011, REITs were almost only the only investments able to keep their income tax advantage of distributing their revenues before paying taxes. In a time where bonds and GICs pays very [...]
2011 Top 10 Canadian REITs List
After discussing Canadian REITs this Monday, I thought of building the 2011 Top 10 Canadian REITs List for your viewing pleasure (and trading ideas ). As I have mentioned before I think this is the right time to buy Canadian REITs. While restructuring my portfolio, I am considering adding one or 2 Canadian [...]
Canadian REITs 2011 Income Trust Survivors
We just turned the corner into 2011 and something big happened on the Canadian market; most income trusts have disappeared. On Halloween of 2006 (you talk about scary news, huh?), the Canadian Finance minister, Jim Flaherty, announced that most income trusts will have to convert into corporations by January 1st 2011. This was [...]
Tobacco Stocks – Where Vice Meets Dividends
If you put ethics and health concerns aside for a second, you will discover the world of opportunities offered by the tobacco industry. In fact, tobacco companies continue their “dividend war” as 3 of the four largest companies have increased their dividend in Q3 2010 (Altria Group: Mo, Philip Morris: PM and Lorillard: LO). We [...]
Do High Yield Stocks Mean Lower Returns?
It is a common understanding among dividend investors that high yield stocks typically have meant lower capital gains than lower dividend yield stocks. The thinking is that very high yields signal trouble with a company that ultimately leads to lower stock returns. A recent American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) article from May 2009 (subscriber [...]
