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North America’s largest transit bus maker, Canada’s New Flyer Industries has rolled to strong growth, but could be slowed by NAFTA negotiations.
Dear safe-money investor:
We’ve selected our top picks for 2018—one stock, one real estate investment trust (REIT) and one exchange-traded fund (ETF). Each offers an attractive combination of growth prospects and a reasonable price.
We feel that investors will profit the most by holding a well-balanced portfolio of high-quality stocks and REITs—like our first two recommendations below....
We’ve selected our top picks for 2018—one stock, one real estate investment trust (REIT) and one exchange-traded fund (ETF). Each offers an attractive combination of growth prospects and a reasonable price.
We feel that investors will profit the most by holding a well-balanced portfolio of high-quality stocks and REITs—like our first two recommendations below....
A: WPT Industrial REIT, $13.10, symbol WIR.U on Toronto (Units outstanding: 44.5 million; Market cap: $583.0 million; www.wptreit.com), is a Canadian REIT that owns and manages industrial properties in the U.S.
Right now, WPT has 52 properties in 15 states....
Right now, WPT has 52 properties in 15 states....
A: American Tower (real estate investment trust), $144.96, symbol AMT on New York (Shares outstanding: 428.9 million; Market cap: $61.9 billion; www.americantower.com), is one of the world’s largest independent owners, operators and developers of multi-tenant communications real estate, mainly cell phone towers.
Altogether, the REIT has a total of 144,884 cell towers....
Altogether, the REIT has a total of 144,884 cell towers....
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Canada’s Medical Facilities Corp. has a niche in the U.S., a high dividend yield and a tangled web of American health care regulations to deal with.
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. $62 (www.rbi.com) operates 16,253 Burger King, 4,680 Tim Hortons (coffee and donuts) and 2,809 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (fried chicken) outlets. Those fast-food locations are spread across 100-plus countries. An ongoing feud between the company and its Tim Hortons franchisees threatens to dampen sales and earnings growth....
FEDEX CORP. $270 (New York symbol FDX; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 267.4 million; Market cap: $72.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.2; Dividend yield: 0.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.fedex.com) delivers packages in the U.S....
PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP. $43 (Toronto symbol PPL; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 503.0 million; Market cap: $21.6 billion; Dividend yield: 5.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pembina.com) owns pipelines that carry almost all of B.C.’s oil and half of Alberta’s conventional oil....
ALLIED PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $42 (Toronto symbol AP.UN; Cyclical- Growth Payer Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units outstanding: 92.7 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; Dividend yield: 3.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.alliedreit.com) owns 157 office buildings, mainly in major Canadian cities....