April 28, 2021
Whether it’s growth, quality, value, or some other factor, factor-based strategies are popular with advisors and investors, particularly when in ETF form.
Even still, there are alternative ways of deploying factors in finance. Consider the
The Morningstar Economic Moat Rating methodology assigns an economic moat rating to companies, but in addition, it focuses on companies exhibiting attractive valuations relative to their prices. Furthermore, the indexing methodology uses five sources of economic moats, including intangible assets with brand recognition and pricing power, switching costs, a strong network effect, cost advantages helping companies undercut competitors on pricing, and strong scale.
Best Stocks for the 5G and Cloud Infrastructure Boom
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The cheapest of the five is rare triple threat Enbridge – undervalued, with a wide moat, and with a high dividend yield.
The other energy company on the list is TC Energy. Morningstar analysts believe the company will meet 5%% annual dividend growth for the next five years, driven by a healthy pipeline of growth opportunities. We believe the company has strong growth prospects with its highly secured and highly profitable NGTL system that will drive significant incremental cash flow for years to come while supporting the planned dividend growth.
Two are telecom companies, BCE and Telus. Morningstar analyst Matthew Dolgin says that BCE is his top pick, and is the most undervalued relative to his fair value estimate. “We really like both the wireline and the wireless business for BCE. Wireline is where they ve really made some inroads. They ve been building fiber-to-the-home, and it s allowed them to take some market share from R
Although digital and online education has existed for more than 35 years, in many ways, it was still a nascent industry until the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdowns expedited the shift away from the traditional classroom.
With students in almost every region and age group forced to learn remotely at some point over the past year, old habits have had to change, and the audience for digital and online learning has exploded almost overnight.
While popular attention has focused on early entrants to the sector, incumbent educational providers with established online/digital resources have also been able to adapt and capitalize on this shift, leaving those firms deeply rooted in traditional learning methods to bear most of the burden of classroom and campus closures.