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Old 12-12-2011, 07:30 PM   #6246
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Originally Posted by DaFonz View Post
If you're doing that, why don't you just pick a safe blue-chip with a nice divvy and forget about it? Give you a better return than GICs and Bonds and will have less volatility.

Off the top of my head: PG, JNJ, MO, PM, PFE, LLY. Add to those some resource-based stocks that play a divvy and forget about them.

Then for additional risk, allocate a small part of your portfolio to AGNC or a similar play.
^Thanks for that.

Currently my online-savings account GIC offers a 1.75% GIC... I checked out the list that you provided, and alot of them still offer less than 1.2% (some <1%). What is AGNC though? I'm looking at it and I like it...

5% Dividends since 2009!... but it's only been up since that same time as well
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