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ALAMOS GOLD $3.40 (Toronto symbol AGI; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (604-681- 2802; www.alamosgold.com; Shares outstanding: 255.5 million; Market cap: $921.0 million; No dividends paid) took its current form in July 2015, when Alamos Gold merged with Stock Pickers Digest recommendation AuRico Gold. The combined firm owns the Mulatos mine in Mexico and the Young-Davidson project in northern Ontario, which holds as much as 5.6 million ounces of gold. Young- Davidson started up in 2013 and will reach full production this year. In the three months ended December 31, 2015, Alamos’s gold production rose 5.7%, to a record 104,734 ounces from 99,083 a year earlier. The company holds cash of $320.8 million U.S., which it will use to complete Young-Davidson and increase its gold output from 380,000 ounces in 2015 to over 400,000 this year....

REITMANS (CANADA) LTD. $3.63 (Toronto symbol RET.A; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514- 384-1140; www.reitmans.com; Shares outstanding: 64.6 million; Market cap: $230.3 million; Dividend yield: 5.5%) owns 773 women’s clothing stores across Canada. The chain consists of 332 Reitmans, 135 Penningtons, 107 Addition Elle, 83 RW & Co., 68 Thyme Maternity, 17 Hyba (yoga clothing) and 31 Smart Set outlets. It also has 21 Thyme Maternity boutiques in Canadian Babies “R” Us stores. In December 2015, the company’s sales fell 2.5% from December 2014. That’s mainly because it closed 65 stores in the past year. Sales rose 4.8% on a samestore basis, while online sales jumped 40.0%....

CAMECO CORP. $15.75 (Toronto symbol CCO; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (306-956-6200; www.cameco.com; Shares outstanding: 395.8 million; Market cap: $6.3 billion; Dividend yield 2.5%) officially opened its Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan in September 2015 after a series of technical problems, including an underground flood in 2006 that put construction several years behind schedule. The $2.6-billion project is tapping into one of the world’s largest high-grade uranium deposits. The company now expects Cigar Lake to produce 16 million pounds (8 million to Cameco) of uranium in 2016. The mine should reach its full capacity of 18 million pounds a year in 2018. Cameco is still a hold.

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $27.93 (Nasdaq symbol GT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (330-796-2122; www.goodyear.com; Shares outstanding: 268.9 million; Market cap: $7.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.0%) has just won a contract with the Boeing Co. (symbol BA on New York and a recommendation of Wall Street Stock Forecaster) to supply main nose and landing gear tires for Boeing’s new 777X aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery in 2019. So far, the 777X program has received orders and commitments for 306 planes. The airliner will use Goodyear’s Flight radial tire, which is lighter than earlier models and includes rigid tread belts and enhanced rubber that offer greater stability, a longer life and more resistance to cuts. The deal reinforces Goodyear’s strong position in the growing aircraft-tire market....

SHERRITT INTERNATIONAL $0.65 (Toronto symbol S; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (1-800-704-6698; www.sherritt.com; Shares outstanding: 293.9 million; Market cap: $199.8 million; No dividends paid) owns 40% of the Ambatovy nickel mine on the island nation of Madagascar, off Africa’s east coast. The $5.3-billion U.S. project started up in 2015. However, nickel prices have fallen sharply, from $12.00 U.S. a pound in January 2011 to $3.87 today. To reflect the lower value of the mine’s reserves, Sherritt will now take a $1.6-billion after-tax writedown on the value of its Ambatovy stake. The charge will show up in its 2015 fourth-quarter results....

DREAM OFFICE REIT $14.31 (Toronto symbol D.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (416-365-3535; www.dream.ca/office; Units outstanding: 107.7 million; Market cap: $1.7 billion; Dividend yield: 15.7%) owns and manages 174 properties comprising 23.3 million square feet of office space in major Canadian cities. In Western Canada, the trust has 17% of its total square footage in Calgary and 20% elsewhere. In Eastern Canada, it holds 23% of its square footage in downtown Toronto, 18% in suburban Toronto and 22% elsewhere. Its occupancy rate is 91.6%. In the three months ended September 30, 2015, Dream’s revenue rose just slightly, to $202.4 million from $201.7 million a year earlier. Cash flow gained 2.5%, to $69.7 million from $68.1 million, while cash flow per unit fell 3.2%, to $0.61 from $0.64, on more units outstanding....

CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INCOME FUND $14.83 (Toronto symbol CHE.UN; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (416-496-5856; www.chemtradelogistics .com; Units outstanding: 69.1 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; Dividend yield: 8.1%) is one of North America’s largest providers of removal services for resource firms, such as oil refineries and base metal processors, whose operations create sulphur, acid and other by-products. Chemtrade converts these substances into useful chemicals, like sulphuric acid. In the three months ended September 30, 2015, the trust’s revenue rose 16.1%, to $364.4 million from $314.0 million a year earlier. The gain mainly came from the lower Canadian dollar, which increased the value of Chemtrade’s sales in the U.S. Overall cash flow rose 4.4%, to $67.2 million from $64.4 million, but cash flow per share declined 7.6%, to $0.97 from $1.05, on more shares outstanding....

We examine the future of Trican Well Service as upcoming debt payments and low oil prices weigh on this penny stock.

LOBLAW COMPANIES $62.24 (Toronto symbol L; Shares outstanding: 412.8 million; Market cap: $25.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 1.6%; www.loblaw.ca) continues to benefit from sales of other products beyond food. For example, in 2006 it launched its popular Joe Fresh line of clothing, shoes and accessories. In 2009, Loblaw launched the Joe Fresh Beauty cosmetics line.

Joe Mimran, who co-founded the Club Monaco chain and helped launch the Alfred Sung brand, created the Joe Fresh line.

Loblaw sells these goods in over 330 of its supermarkets and through 17 stand-alone stores in the U.S. and Canada. It plans to open 140 more Joe Fresh stores outside of North America in the next four years.

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