Do you Prefer Preferreds?

SYNOPSIS

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This cartoon clearly captures how (not-) seriously we treat the explanations for stock market ups and downs on the various BizTV channels (online and on cable). They’re bits of fiction thrown out there, often for dramatic effect. Drama draws advertising dollars, but does nothing but confuse investors, if they choose to believe any of it.

Last week… It’s been another one of those weeks where Canadian and US stocks went off in different directions.

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PTP… Our PTP APAR score eased back just a little bit relative to the previous week, but so did the S&P/TSX Composite Index and S&P 500 APARs. No major changes.
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We bought just one new position last week, but were otherwise on the sidelines… for the PTP anyway. We do have other accounts that were more active.

PTA Perspective… Do you Prefer Preferreds?
We always like to accommodate do-it-yourself investors who develop their own trading or investment tactics and stick to them. We offer our relative trend analysis™ (RTA) based momentum approach, but certainly don’t preach it as the ultimate way to invest. Some like at least a part of their portfolio as an income source outside of their pursuit of capital gains. And, financial advisors recommend that you shift toward income as you get older. We disagree, but we are happy to offer tips now and then on maximizing income investing. Bonds are OK, but dividend-paying stocks are better. And preferred shares paying dividends are better yet. Higher yields and almost no volatility on the underlying shares. Let us walk you through some of that in this week’s edition of TrendWatch Weekly.

Cannabis Corner… We have our usual updated chart of the performance of the largest cannabis stocks (our “Billionaire Club” based on market cap). This group is still suffering from set-backs in shares prices since the end of Q1.