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One challenge with researching investments over time is that companies sometimes change names as they grow and mature. As you search through our archives, one such example of this you will find is Trimark investments.
Long known as Trimark Investments or AIM Trimark, the company changed its name in August 2008 to Invesco Trimark to reflect its relationship with Invesco Ltd., …read more »
Tax-loss selling (or tax-loss harvesting) occurs when you deliberately sell a security at a loss in order to offset capital gains in Canada. You can then use these losses to offset your taxable capital gains.
For example, the 2008 deadline for tax-loss selling on the Toronto Stock Exchange was December 24, 2008. If you sold at a loss on or before …read more »
Uranium prices peaked at 1979 to $43 U.S. a pound, on fears of production shortages. Many nuclear power plants then began hoarding uranium. However, supply disruptions never materialized. As operators used up their uranium inventories in subsequent years, the price of uranium fell to as low as $7.10 U.S. a pound in December 2000. Prices moved up steadily after that, …read more »
Cautious investors wonder if they own enough different stocks, or perhaps even too many.
The right number of stocks for investors to own for portfolio diversification depends, in part, on where they are in their investing careers.
When they’re just starting out, most people have modest amounts of money to invest. Even so, it generally pays to invest at least several …read more »
Ethanol is a liquid alcohol obtained from fermenting sugar, or starch converted to sugar. In Canada and the U.S., fuel ethanol is made from grains, such as corn, wheat and barley. Small quantities have been made on an experimental basis from low-cost agricultural cellulosic biomass, like trees and grasses. This has led to two different groups of companies amongst ethanol …read more »
Registered education savings plans (RESPs) are one of the best ways to save for a child’s post-secondary education. RESPs are a government-assisted form of savings, similar to registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs).
How RESPs work
There are no annual limits for contributions to RESPs. However, RESPs have a lifetime limit (from birth to age 17) per child of $50,000. Only the first …read more »
BCE $24.79 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 791.6 million; Market cap: $19.6 billion; SI Rating: Above Average) earned $1.8 billion in 2008, down 3.9% from $1.9 billion in 2007. Earnings per share fell 3.8%, to $2.25 from $2.34 on more shares outstanding. Revenue fell 0.3%, to $17.7 billion from $17.75 billion. These figures exclude restructuring charges, mainly job cuts, and …read more »
Now more than ever we think you need to invest in only the highest-quality mutual funds. Here are some keys to building a sound portfolio with these mutual funds.
Diversify. Spread your portfolio out over several funds that practice a variety of investing styles. Vary your exposure to each style to reflect your individual financial circumstances, temperament and goals.
Invest in just …read more »
FIDELITY GROWTH AMERICA FUND $11.98 (CWA Rating: Conservative) (Fidelity Investments Canada, 483 Bay St., Suite 200, Toronto, Ont. M5G 2N7. 1-800-263-4077; Web site: www.fidelity.ca., load fund — available from brokers) uses a broad “bottom-up” approach to identify undervalued companies using fundamentals, such as earnings, dividend yield, book value, cash flow and debt level.
The $160.2-million Fidelity Growth America Fund’s top holdings, …read more »
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA $27.59 (Toronto symbol BNS: Shares outstanding: 991.9 million; Market cap: $27.4 billion; SI Rating: Above Average) is taking advantage of the depressed prices of banks around the world to increase its stake in Thailand’s Thanachart Bank from 24.98% to 49%. That’s the regulatory limit for foreign banks in Thailand.
Thanachart is Thailand’s eighth-largest bank by assets, and …read more »
