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Canada’s Dream Global REIT incurs risk with an acquisition strategy concentrated on Germany, but enjoys strong cash flow and a high dividend yield.
Dear client:
With its Newfoundland projects, Emera plans to replace some of its older coal and gas-fired plants in Nova Scotia with low-cost, clean hydroelectric power.
The company’s recent purchase of U.S. power and gas distributor Teco should also pay off for years to come.
We generally take a skeptical view of companies that grow their businesses through acquisitions....
With its Newfoundland projects, Emera plans to replace some of its older coal and gas-fired plants in Nova Scotia with low-cost, clean hydroelectric power.
The company’s recent purchase of U.S. power and gas distributor Teco should also pay off for years to come.
We generally take a skeptical view of companies that grow their businesses through acquisitions....
On average, Canada’s Big Five banks are down about 8% in the past three months. That’s partly due to concerns over a sharp increase in real estate prices, especially in Toronto and Vancouver. Any significant rise in interest rates would hurt the ability of some borrowers to repay their mortgages....
LOBLAW COMPANIES LTD. $77 (Toronto symbol L; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 398.4 million; Market cap: $30.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.4%; TSI Network Rating: Above Average; www.loblaw.ca) operates over 1,090 supermarkets and 1,325 Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies across Canada.
The company recently agreed to sell its 213 gas stations to Brookfield Business Partners LP (Toronto symbol BBU....
The company recently agreed to sell its 213 gas stations to Brookfield Business Partners LP (Toronto symbol BBU....
After buying Wind (now Freedom) Mobile, Shaw Communications enhanced its Internet and television offerings, keeping more customers on board and revenues rising.
A: Dream Global REIT, $10.49, symbol DRG.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 124.9 million; Market cap: $1.5 billion; www.dream.ca/global), is a Canadian real estate investment trust that focuses on investing outside the country....
Dear safe-money investor:
BCE’s big investments in its networks continue to pay off with more high-speed Internet customers and wireless subscribers. The gains come despite the company’s increasingly competitive market.
BCE INC. $61.21 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 899.5 million; Market cap: $55.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest telephone service provider, with 6.6 million customers in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces....
BCE’s big investments in its networks continue to pay off with more high-speed Internet customers and wireless subscribers. The gains come despite the company’s increasingly competitive market.
BCE INC. $61.21 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 899.5 million; Market cap: $55.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.7%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest telephone service provider, with 6.6 million customers in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces....
A: Shaw Communications, $28.73, symbol SJR.B on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 487.6 million; Market cap: $14.0 billion; www.shaw.ca), is one of the largest cable-television operators in Canada. It’s also a provider of satellite TV, high-speed Internet, and telephone services.
Shaw entered the data-centre business through the acquisition of ViaWest in July 2014 for $1.2 billion U.S....
Shaw entered the data-centre business through the acquisition of ViaWest in July 2014 for $1.2 billion U.S....
Dear client:
Since 2004, Fortis has successfully used acquisitions to speed up its growth. Generally, we feel it pays to take a skeptical view of firms that use that strategy to fuel their expansion. That’s because hidden problems with new businesses can limit any expected profit increases.
However, Fortis’s focus on well-established, regulated utilities cuts that risk....
Since 2004, Fortis has successfully used acquisitions to speed up its growth. Generally, we feel it pays to take a skeptical view of firms that use that strategy to fuel their expansion. That’s because hidden problems with new businesses can limit any expected profit increases.
However, Fortis’s focus on well-established, regulated utilities cuts that risk....
AUTOMOTIVE PROPERTIES REIT $11.10 (Toronto symbol APR.UN; Units outstanding: 16.2 million; Market cap: $179.8 million; Dividend yield: 7.2%; www.automotivepropertiesreit.ca) is a real estate investment trust that owns 35 commercial properties across cities in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C....