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Companies that have raised dividends for shareholders for 50 years or more are the kinds of investments passive income investors need to own. Dependability is crucial for individuals seeking to increase their annual income through dividend stock investments. The Dividend Kings are the 57 companies that have raised their dividends for at least 50 years,

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TORONTO, March 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Guardian Capital LP (“Guardian Capital”) today announced the changes summarized below to certain of the funds managed by it (the “Funds”).

All of the changes will take effect on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.

For the Funds listed on an exchange, it is anticipated that the name and/or ticker symbol changes will be reflected on the Toronto Stock Exchange Inc.

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For an average investor, high-yield bond mutual funds are the best way to invest in bonds rated below investment grade, popularly known as junk bonds. This is because these funds hold a wide range of securities that reduce portfolio risk. In addition, these funds provide better returns than investments with higher ratings,

 » Read more about: 3 Top-Ranked High-Yield Bond Funds to Boost Returns While Cutting Risk  »

Five Big Tech bosses have taken a nearly $200 billion blow to their combined net worth this year as AI buzz eases and the US and Israel’s war with Iran continues to spook investors.

Larry Ellison, Oracle’s cofounder and tech chief, has seen his personal fortune shrink by about $60 billion since the start of January,

 » Read more about: 5 of tech's biggest names have together seen nearly $200 billion wiped off their fortunes this year as AI fever cools  »

MONTREAL, March 30, 2026 /CNW/ – Desjardins Investment Inc. (DI), acting as manager for Desjardins Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), today announced changes to the risk rating of the Desjardins ETFs indicated in the table below.

The risk rating of these Desjardins ETFs is adjusted,

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On Wednesday, more than seven million Americans are due to receive a benefits payment from the U.S.’s Social Security Administration (SSA).

Who gets paid on Apr. 1?

On Apr. 1, beneficiaries of the Supplemental Security Income program (SSI) are to be issued their monthly money for April 2026.

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• The stock bracket that Business Insider is running has a lot of parallels to actual March Madness.

• In both cases, money and success funnels upward to blue-blood teams and blue-blood stocks.

• Follow BI’s stock bracket by signing up for First Trade,

 » Read more about: Forget Cinderella: In both March Madness and the stock market, the rich keep getting richer  »

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HALABJA, Iraq (AP) — To speak with his mother inside Iran, Yaser Fattahi waits in self-exile in Iraq for brief calls arranged by a cousin back home who travels close to the border between the neighboring countries where he can pick up a signal to connect them.

Fattahi fled to neighboring Iraq in December,

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Hong Kong’s second-largest exchange traded fund, focused on Chinese tech stocks, saw record inflows in March, highlighting investors’ pursuit of promising growth opportunities while weighing Iran war jitters.

The CSOP Hang Seng Tech Index ETF, which is also the largest tech-focused fund listed in the city, drew HK$13.6 billion ($1.7 billion) in net buying this month through March 27,

 » Read more about: Hong Kong Tech ETF Draws Record Bets as Investors Defy Jitters  »