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Even in the market turmoil, some companies are still rewarding their shareholders.

More than 200 companies have increased their dividends in 2020, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices.

That's a bullish sign for the stock market, according to Nancy Tengler, chief investment officer at Laffer Tengler Investments.

"It tells me that the management teams have good visibility on future earnings growth," Tengler told CNBC's "Trading Nation" on Thursday. "In the companies we own, we refer to what we call a dividend-paying culture where the management set the dividend. And McDonald's actually says this in their proxy, word for word, they set it as a portion of what they believe long-term sustainable earnings power is. … It's very optimistic for future earnings growth and kind of counter to what we all would have bet on in March of this year."

John Petrides, portfolio manager at Tocqueville Asset Management, said it's not enough to search for high-yielding stocks.

"The key is to invest in companies that have the capacity to continue not only to pay out their dividend, but to grow their dividend," he said during the same "Trading Nation" segment. "You don't want to just invest in a dividend stock with a high yield simply because the stated yield is above average. You want to make sure that the company has the wherewithal to continue paying out that dividend over time."

Tengler named Texas Instruments as her top dividend pick. The chipmaker yields 2.8%, higher than the 1.2% yield for the SMH semiconductor ETF.

"This is a company that actually … generates free cash flow of almost $6 billion and pays out only $3 billion in dividends, has been growing the dividend over 20% per year, 17% this year, but clearly has the ability to continue to pay and grow that dividend," said Tengler.

Texas Instruments has risen nearly 11% in the past three months, outpacing the 7% gain for the SMH ETF.  

Petrides looked outside tech, instead highlighting a name in the real estate investment trust sector.

"We found a mid-cap REIT that we think is quite interesting called Stag Industrial which we own in our enhanced income strategy for those clients looking specifically for income," said Petrides. "One of the great accelerators of Covid has been the explosion within e-commerce. E-commerce has been a great growing segment pre-Covid but then Covid came and now everything is e-commerce. Stag provides distribution and owns and operates distribution centers and warehouses to continue to facilitate that trend."

Stag yields 4.6%, above the 3.2% for the XLRE real estate sector ETF.

Disclosure: Laffer Tengler Investments holds Texas Instrument shares. Petrides holds STAG shares.

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Chinese officials say the ruling Communist Party will promote “technological self-reliance” in the coming five years but will open further to trade

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October 30, 2020, 5:13 AM

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BEIJING -- China will promote “technological self-reliance” under the ruling Communist Party’s latest five-year plan but will open further to trade, officials said Friday.

The comments reflect growing official urgency about nurturing Chinese producers of processor chips and other technology at a time when a tariff war with Washington and U.S. export curbs have reduced access to components needed by China's fledgling tech industries.

“We will take scientific and technological self-reliance as a strategic support for national development,” Han Wenxiu, an adviser to President Xi Jinping, said at a news conference.

The ruling party leadership said Thursday that its Five-Year Plan will speed up China’s development as a “technology power." It gave no details of which industries might be targeted or what support they might receive.

The full plan is due to be released in March, followed by legal changes and plans for individual industries after that.

Previous Chinese plans that called for creating competitors in electric cars, telecoms, solar power and other industries triggered complaints Beijing might support them with improper market barriers or subsidies.

Han and other officials appeared to be trying to head off complaints. They promised Beijing will press ahead with market-oriented reforms including more opening to trade.

“No matter how the international situation changes, we will never waver in our basic national policy of opening up,” Han said. “China will provide countries around the world with larger markets and more opportunities.”

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BEIJING — China will promote "technological self-reliance" under the ruling Communist Party's latest five-year plan but will open further to trade, officials said Friday.

The comments reflect growing official urgency about nurturing Chinese producers of processor chips and other technology at a time when a tariff war with Washington and U.S. export curbs have reduced access to components needed by China's fledgling tech industries.

"We will take scientific and technological self-reliance as a strategic support for national development," Han Wenxiu, an adviser to President Xi Jinping, said at a news conference.

The ruling party leadership said Thursday that its Five-Year Plan will speed up China's development as a "technology power." It gave no details of which industries might be targeted or what support they might receive.

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Previous Chinese plans that called for creating competitors in electric cars, telecoms, solar power and other industries triggered complaints Beijing might support them with improper market barriers or subsidies.

Han and other officials appeared to be trying to head off complaints. They promised Beijing will press ahead with market-oriented reforms including more opening to trade.

"No matter how the international situation changes, we will never waver in our basic national policy of opening up," Han said. "China will provide countries around the world with larger markets and more opportunities."

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