Text size: Small font Default font Larger font

Have an account? Please log in.

.
TSI Network
Patrick McKeough is one of Canada’s top safe-money advisors. The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and The Hulbert Financial Digest have all recognized his ability to find stocks with hidden value. He is editor and publisher of The Successful Investor, Stock Pickers Digest, Wall Street Stock Forecaster and Canadian Wealth Advisor; inventor of the Quick Profit/Value System and the ValuVesting System™. A best-selling Canadian author, he wrote Riding the Bull, the book that predicted the 1990s stock-market boom.

TransAlta Power

formerly Toronto symbol TPW.UN, owns a 49.99% interest in TransAlta Cogeneration, L.P., which in turn holds interests in five gas-fired plants in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The company was acquired in 2007.

.

TRANSALTA CORP. $21 (Toronto symbol TA; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 220.3 million; Market cap: $4.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.transalta.com) operates over 85 unregulated power plants in Canada, the U.S. and Australia. Coal-fired plants generate 53% of TransAlta’s power. Natural gas accounts for 25%, and the remaining 22% comes from hydroelectric …read more »

TRANSALTA POWER, L.P. $8.38 (Toronto symbol TPW.UN; SI Rating: Extra risk) is now the subject of a friendly $8.38 per unit takeover offer from Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited.

TransAlta Corp. has no direct interest in TransAlta Power. However, TransAlta Power owns 49.99% of five gas-fired power plants in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. TransAlta owns the remaining 50.01%, and …read more »

We’ve had a lot of takeovers among our trust recommendations lately, including Primewest Energy, Legacy REIT, Shiningbank Energy and Summit REIT. Here’s another:

TRANSALTA POWER, L.P. $8.38 (Toronto symbol TPW.UN; SI Rating: Extra risk) is now the subject of a friendly $8.38 per unit takeover offer from Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited.

TransAlta Corp. has no direct interest in TransAlta …read more »

ARBOR MEMORIAL SERVICES INC. $28 (Toronto symbol ABO.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 10.6 million; Market cap: $296.8 million; SI Rating: Average) earned $0.66 a share in its second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2006, up 8.2% from $0.61 a year earlier. Revenue grew 7.4%, to $59.8 million from $55.7 million, due to higher sales at its funeral …read more »

TRANSALTA POWER, L.P. $7.92 (Toronto symbol TPW.UN; SI Rating: Extra risk) owns a 49.99% interest in TransAlta Cogeneration, L.P., which in turn holds interests in five gas-fired plants in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. TransAlta Corp. (see this page) owns the remaining 50.01% interest in TransAlta Cogeneration.

TransAlta Power is now conducting a “strategic review”, possibly leading to a sale of the …read more »

TRANSALTA POWER, L.P. $8.08 (Toronto symbol TPW.UN; SI Rating: Extra risk) owns a 49.99% interest in TransAlta Cogeneration, L.P., which in turn holds interests in five gas-fired cogeneration plants in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in the Sheerness coal-fired plant in Alberta. TransAlta Power has secured long-term contracts for all of its power.

Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of power and …read more »

TRANSALTA POWER, L.P. $8.70 (Toronto symbol TPW.UN; SI Rating: Extra risk) owns a 49.99% interest in TransAlta Cogeneration, L.P., which in turn holds interests in five gas-fired cogeneration plants in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and in the Sheerness coal-fired plant in Alberta. TransAlta Power has secured long-term contracts for all of its power.

Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of power and …read more »

.

View All Tags

.

Free Subscription to
The Successful Investor Network Daily

  • Daily investment advice you can act on
  • Free access to our special stock market reports
  • Plus much, much more! Try it today
Twitter Facebook
Follow TSI Network on Twitter and Facebook!

TSI Network Products

In today's economy, it's more important than ever to have clear investment advice that is tailored to your own personal goals. This is where Pat McKeough's conservative safe-investing philosophy comes in. Through TSI Network, you get access to reports, monthly newsletters and premium services that go beyond the daily headlines to give you all the advice and information you need to build a portfolio with long-term growth potential. Simply click on the links below to discover which service is right for you.

.
.