Are you people putting money to work in these crazy markets? In this post I discuss where I see value and where I’m putting my money to work.
Asset Markets have been on quite the roller coaster ride the past few years. The ups and downs have everything to do with inflation and rising interest rates.
Higher rates have made traditional cash type investments like savings accounts, Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) and Money Markets much more appealing for investors. As I’ve said before, I don’t mind earning 5% on cash at all. Prior to 2022, earning 5% on dividend stocks was pretty good.
Today the passive income investor is in a great position to earn outsized income on a variety of investments in different asset classes. Not that I’m a huge fan of bonds, but they are yielding in the 4% to 5% range. Those are the best yields we’ve seen in 20 years.
Same goes for GICs. You can lock in under 2 years for about 4.5% and for 5 years around 3.25%. Nothing to brag about but definitely better than the pitiful sub 1% we saw throughout the last decade.
Money Market Funds and ETFs are all yielding around 5% which is substantially better than the 0.1% of the last decade.
Finally, I’m seeing a lot of dividend paying stocks that have yields in the 5% to 8% range. And this is where I’ve been putting my monthly savings. I’ve stayed away from the big Canadian Banks because I think there is a real risk of financial crisis in Canada. If Banks stocks collapse (like they did in 2020 and 2008) then I’d be buying some starting with Royal Bank.
I see real opportunity in the beat up pipeline, utility and telco sectors. Enbridge, TC Energy, Fortis, Emera, Telus and BCE. Energy is also looking decent here, especially if we get a growth scare. Many big names like Canadian Natural Resources and Suncor are yielding around 5%.
Finally, for risk takers, gold miners are incredibly out of favour and left for dead. It was recently reported that Stan Druckenmiller sold some tech to buy Barrick and Newmont. Sell high, buy low…right?
Since becoming debt free I’ve made it my mission to rebuild my family’s passive income portfolio. Last year we earned a little over $32k. This year I’m shooting for $43k. With stocks like BCE and ENB yielding 8% and our cash earning 5%, we should hit that number with ease. If rates come down then we’ll also get a nice capital gain to boot!
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