What are we looking for?
Sustainable dividends from Canadian stocks near all-time highs despite market uncertainty.
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There are a number of Canadian stocks, across economic sectors, now trading at or near all-time highs despite tariff fears and the broader market turmoil. That supports one of our key Successful Investor principles: spread your money out across most if not all of the five main economic sectors: manufacturing and industry, resources and commodities, consumer, finance and utilities.
There’s no way to predict which sectors will rise or fall in any given year or market, or which sector will produce the top performers. Still, by diversifying across the five sectors, you limit the harm you can suffer from unexpected bad news (such as tariffs!) or changes in investor fashion.
Indeed, out-of-favour sectors have a way of abruptly reversing course, but waiting on their return to popularity before you buy threatens to…
