amazon.com Inc.
NASDAQ symbol AMZN, is the leading bookseller on the Internet, as well as a leading video and music seller. It also has numerous other store categories, including electronics, computer games, toys and tools. Through Amazon Services, the company also offers programs that let sellers market on its web sites.
WAL-MART STORES INC. $76 (New York symbol WMT; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 3.0 billion; Market cap: $228.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; Dividend yield: 2.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.walmart.com) is the world’s biggest retailer, with 11,723 outlets in 28 countries.
Shares of Wal-Mart and other grocery sellers fell on news that Amazon.com Inc....
Shares of Wal-Mart and other grocery sellers fell on news that Amazon.com Inc....
Dear Inner Circle Member,
In the last century, or maybe the one before, someone said you should “…never pick a fight with anybody who buys ink by the barrel.” The quote was long attributed to U.S. author/humourist Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), who is more widely known by his pen name, Mark Twain....
In the last century, or maybe the one before, someone said you should “…never pick a fight with anybody who buys ink by the barrel.” The quote was long attributed to U.S. author/humourist Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), who is more widely known by his pen name, Mark Twain....
These six ETFs hold mostly blue-chip stocks that are widely traded on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. Each ETF mirrors, or tracks, the performance of a major stock market index. That’s different from narrower indexes that focus on resources or themes such as solar power or biotech.
Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....
Of course, you pay brokerage commissions to buy and sell these ETFs....
AMAZON.COM $899.20 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (206-266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares outstanding: 477.2 million; Market cap: $432.0 billion; No dividends paid) has bought Dubai-based Internet retailer Souq.com for a reported $700 million.
Souq.com is the best-known name in the Middle East’s online shopping market....
Souq.com is the best-known name in the Middle East’s online shopping market....
Pennsylvania-based Vanguard Group is one of the world’s largest investment management companies. In all, it administers almost $3 trillion U.S. across 175 mutual funds and ETFs.
Generally speaking, Canadians are unable to buy mutual funds that are registered in the U.S....
Generally speaking, Canadians are unable to buy mutual funds that are registered in the U.S....
A: The Direxion iBillionaire Index ETF, $27.51, symbol IBLN on New York (Units outstanding: 1.4 million; Market cap: $38.5 million; www.direxioninvestments.com), is designed to profit from copying the moves of billionaire investors such as Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn, Daniel Loeb, Bill Ackman and David Tepper.
The ETF began trading on August 1, 2014....
The ETF began trading on August 1, 2014....
A: The Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-Canada Index ETF, $31.63, symbol VXC on Toronto (Units outstanding: 17.0 million; Market cap: $537.7 million; www.vanguardcanada.ca), aims to track the FTSE Global All Cap ex Canada China A Inclusion Index....
Gildan Activewear Inc. plans to further boost, and diversify, its revenue with the recent acquisition of the American Apparel brand.
SHOPIFY INC. $66.17 (Toronto symbol SHOP; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-241-2828; www.shopify.ca; Shares o/s: 88.9 million; Market cap: $5.8 billion; No divds. paid) offers merchants of all sizes Internet-based software to design, set up and manage stores across multiple sales channels....
A: Gildan Activewear Inc., $32.45, symbol GIL on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 231.8 million; Market cap: $7.5 billion; www.gildan.com), manufactures and distributes basic family apparel, including T-shirts, fleece pullovers, sports shirts, underwear and socks....