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GLOBAL X COPPER MINERS ETF $5.26 (New York symbol COPX; buy or sell through brokers; www.globalxfunds.com) tracks the Solactive Global Copper Miners Index, which includes 20 to 40 international companies that mine, refine or explore for copper. Germany-based Structured Solutions AG created this index. Canadian firms make up 38.8% of the ETF’s holdings. It also includes companies based in Australia (15.6%), Mexico (5.5%), Peru (5.4%) and Poland (5.0%). The fund’s MER is 0.65%. Its top holdings are Sandfire Resources at 10.4%; Southern Copper, 7.9%; Oz Minerals, 7.7%; Grupo Mexico, 6.9%; Vedanta Resources, 6.8%; Lundin Mining, 6.3%; Antofagasta plc, 5.9%; KGHM Polska Miedz, 5.7%; Turquoise Hill, 5.6%; Jiangxi Copper, 5.2%; and Freeport- McMoRan, 4.4%....
ENCANA $11.04 (Toronto symbol ECA; Shares outstanding: 842.5 million; Market cap: $8.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 3.3%; www.encana.com) continues to increase production at its four main properties: Montney (B.C.), Duvernay (Alberta) and Eagle Ford and Permian (both in Texas). These fields produce large amounts of oil and natural gas liquids, such as propane and butane, making Encana less reliant on natural gas. In August 2015, these four properties produced an average of 257,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (including gas), up 15.2% from 223,000 barrels in the second quarter of 2015. Encana expects these fields’ output to rise to 270,000 barrels a day in the fourth quarter of 2015....
TORSTAR $4.22 (Toronto symbol TS.B; Shares outstanding: 79.9 million; Market cap: $334.7 million; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 12.7%; www.torstar.com) has launched a digital version of The Toronto Star, its flagship newspaper, for tablet computers. In addition to newspaper content, this free app, called Star Touch, gives users quick access to related information, such as photos, maps and videos. iPad users can download Star Touch now. Torstar will launch an Android version later this year. The company licensed this technology from the publisher of Montreal’s La Presse newspaper. Based on La Presse’s experience, the app should help Torstar attract younger readers and sell more online ads....
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