Apple
NASDAQ symbol AAPL, makes computers under the Mac name. It also makes consumer electronic devices such as the iPod and iPhone.
The best exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios with very low management fees. Due to buyback and share issue arrangements, ETFs always trade close to their net asset value.
Here are some of the best deals available in ETFs. We’ve also analysed one we don’t like.
ISHARES CDN LARGECAP 60 INDEX FUND $68.83 (Toronto symbol XIU; buy or sell through a …read more »
CANADIAN GENERAL INVESTMENT TRUST $28.89 (Toronto symbol: CGI) (110 Yonge Street, Suite 1601, Toronto, Ontario. M5C 1T4. 1-800-207-0 067. Buy or sell through a broker) mainly invests in shares of Canadian companies of average or above-average quality. The fund is well diversified by economic sector. The trust’s discount to its net asset value is now 14%. Its MER is 1.6%.
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APPLE COMPUTER INC. $62 (Nasdaq symbol AAPL; WSSF Rating: Extra risk) is fighting a proposed law in France aimed at spurring competition in the legal music downloading industry.
Right now, customers can only listen to songs downloaded from Apple’s iTunes online music store on Apple’s iPod music player. The new law would force Apple to re-program these files to play on …read more »
INTEL CORP. $20 (Nasdaq symbol INTC; WSSF Rating: Above average) is the world’s largest supplier of computer chips, with roughly 80% of the market. That figure could rise in the next few months, as Apple Computer begins using Intel chips to power its new line of Macintosh computers.
Intel’s profit in the three months ended December 31, 2005 rose 21.2%, to …read more »
MOTOROLA INC. $22 (New York symbol MOT; WSSF Rating: Above average) is the world’s second-largest maker of mobile phones, after Nokia Corp. This business supplies about 55% of Motorola’s revenue. The company also supplies infrastructure equipment to wireless phone companies, and makes other communications gear such as two-way radios and high-speed Internet modems.
In December 2004, Motorola handed out its remaining …read more »
When a company sets up one of its subsidiaries or divisions as a separate company and hands the stock out to its investors as a special dividend, it tends to unlock hidden value. Over time, the combined value of the post-spinoff parent and spun-off company usually exceeds the value of the parent before the spin-off.
Mind you, this is a general …read more »
SONY CORP. $47 (New York symbol SNE; WSSF Rating: Above average) is one of the world’s largest makers of consumer electronic products such as TV sets, DVD players and stereo equipment. This business supplies two-thirds of its revenues. The remaining third comes from its PlayStation video game players, its film and TV studios, and its financial services division.
In the past …read more »
Today, all too many investors try to take investment cues from short-term developments like quarterly earning reports, the timing of new product releases and so on. However, no one can consistently predict these short-term factors. That’s why you’re far better off to base investment decisions on trends and developments that last for years if not decades.
That’s especially true with a …read more »
APPLE COMPUTER INC. $74 (Nasdaq symbol AAPL; WSSF Rating: Extra risk) has risen eight-fold for us since we first recommended it at $9.50 in November 2000. Much of this rise is due to the huge success of its iPod digital music players.
The company sold 14 million iPods in its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2005, up from 4.6 million …read more »
