Dividend Growth – Resiliency in Volatile Markets
ETF Insights Don Hauka, Market One Media ETF Insights Don Hauka, Market One Media

Dividend Growth – Resiliency in Volatile Markets

The MSCI World Index and MSCI World Information Technology Index (a proxy for high growth stocks) have reached bear market territory, falling more than 25% year to date. Most of this year’s stock market decline has come from earnings multiple contraction driven by rising inflation and interest rates. However, dividend growth stocks (represented by the MSCI World Dividend Masters Index) have shown strong resilience and outperformed both indices during this year’s market downturn with less volatility as shown in the chart and table below.

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A Game Changer for Clean Energy
ETF Insights Don Hauka, Market One Media ETF Insights Don Hauka, Market One Media

A Game Changer for Clean Energy

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, which consists of US$370 billion of support for renewable energy and climate related spending over the coming decade. The passing of the IRA acts to bring President Biden closer to achieving his goal of halving the United States’ CO2 emissions by 2030 (vs 2005 levels) and reaching his Net Zero emission objective by 2050. In this Insights, we break down details of the IRA and provide an assessment of this bill’s implication for various sectors.

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The Retirement Dilemma Whitepaper
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The Retirement Dilemma Whitepaper

Canadians are living longer, with a massive and growing wave of the population expected to start entering their retirement years. A confluence of factors has created a considerable misalignment between human and portfolio longevity that will require new thinking and innovative retirement solutions.

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