Easy ways to tap into the major indexes

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) may have a place in your portfolio. That’s because, unlike many other financial innovations, they don’t load you up with heavy management fees or tie you down with high redemption charges if you decide to get out of them. Instead, they… Read More

Pat: Would you please give me your opinion on AG Growth International as a buy, sell or hold? Can you also give me your read on Cervus? Many thanks for the help over the last year. Regards.

Ag Growth International Inc., $31.95, symbol AFN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 15.1 million; Market cap: $482.4 million; www.aggrowth.com), is a leading maker of portable and stationary grain-handling, storage and conditioning equipment. The company is based in Winnipeg.

Ag Growth sells its products through dealers and… Read More

Hi Pat: Can I get your opinion on Ag Growth International? It’s a small cap specializing in manufacturing grain handling equipment.

Ag Growth International Inc., $39.40, symbol AFN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 15.5 million; Market cap: $567.5 million; www.aggrowth.com), is a leading maker of portable and stationary grain-handling, storage and conditioning equipment. The company is based in Winnipeg.

The company sells its products through dealers and distributors… Read More

These ETFs track the major indexes

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) may have a place in your portfolio. That’s because, unlike many other financial innovations, they don’t load you up with heavy management fees, or tie you down with high redemption charges if you decide to get out of them. Instead, they give… Read More

Dear Pat: Is Ag Growth International a good play on the agricultural sector? Instead of selling fertilizers, herbicides, or seeds, the company provides “picks and shovels” to the industry; i.e.: grain storage bins and conditioning equipment. That would seem a more steady, less volatile way of playing the sector. Also, the stock pays a nice dividend. Best regards.

Ag Growth International Inc., $32.05, symbol AFN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 12.9 million; Market cap: $414.7 million), is a leading maker of portable and stationary grain-handling, storage and conditioning equipment.

Ag Growth sells its products through 1,400 dealers and distributors in 48 states and nine… Read More