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The move up in yields will be substantial enough over the next few years that all interest-rate sensitive securities will be affected (utilities, preferred stock, etc).
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Issuing less stock would then force utilities to take on more debt.
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Weight your portfolio towards high-quality fixed-income securities and focus your Canadian stock list on banks, utilities, and leading telecoms such as BCE Inc. ( BCE), which just raised its dividend by 5%.
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When you purchase an iPhone for example, the unit comes with a Google Maps feature, built-in utilities, a standard Web browser, a stock tracker, a weather app, etc.
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Stock exchanges, it has become clear, are not public utilities at all: they are money-making enterprises.
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And large solid companies, particularly utilities, which pay high dividends that will help offset any decline in their stock prices, will also provide protection for portfolios.
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Start by taking stock of your monthly expenses mortgage or rent, insurance, utilities, food, clothing, car payments and other bills to see exactly how much money you would need to get by for nine months to one year.
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Exelon's stock has long been a laggard in the utility sector, far underperforming the Utilities SPDR.
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Exelon's stock is down 16.3% year-to-date while the Utilities SPDR is down 3.4% in the same time period.
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The government owns stock in casinos, hotels, resorts, railways, docks, as well as utilities providing electricity and water.
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