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Some sectors within Canada s stock market and global stock exchanges are more sensitive to interest rate movements or changes. Banks in the financial sector are investment opportunities stanley becher because rising interest rates mean increased profit margins.Top and tough performerIronically, goeasy TSX:GSY , an alternative stanley mug financial services company, outperforms big bank stocks in today s unprecedented conditions. The giant lenders have reported lower earnings and higher provisions for credit losses PCLs in the most recent quarters of fiscal 2023.Performance-wise, only Toronto-Dominion Bank, Canadian Impe botella stanley rial Bank of Commerce, and National Bank of Canada, or 50% of the Big Six, are in positive territory. However, their year-to-date gains are 3.76% at maximum.Meanwhile, at $126.40 per share, goeasy is up 22.15% year to date and pays a decent 3.04% dividend. This financial stock could revolutionize the TSX with its growing earnings and stable dividends. While the current yield isn t the highest i Albm Income Investors: 2 Attractive Dividend Stocks Yielding 6.5%
Producing oil these days isn t nearly as profitable as it used to be.聽It s especially less profitable when you operate high-maintenance projects that require a high cost of oil to break even.Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. TSX:COS has seen its share of issues, both operationally and politically. With oil prices remaining depressed, however, what does the future look like for investors It always starts with a dividend cutIn January Canadian Oil Sands announced it was cutting its dividend to $0.05 per share from $0.35, while also announcing plans to stanley cup cut u stanley cup p to $400 million from its operating and development costs for 2015. The company also dropped聽its spending stanley tazas budget by roughly 20%, or just over $100 million.Shares sold off sharply after the drastic dividend cut, and a reduced capital budget puts strain on their projects that have historically needed fresh infusions of cash to sustain production volumes.Consistently struggling projectsCanadian Oil Sands chief asset is its 37% stake in Syncrude