Acquisitions set to fuel their growth

Dear Client:

AT&T and Verizon face strong competition in their wireless and Internet businesses, and both have used acquisitions to enhance their services and attract new subscribers. Expanding this way adds risk, but we feel those new businesses will spur long-term earnings for each company and… Read More

Acquisitions set to fuel their growth

AT&T and Verizon face strong competition in their wireless and Internet businesses, and both have used acquisitions to enhance their services and attract new subscribers. Expanding this way adds risk, but we feel those new businesses will spur long-term earnings for each company and provide… Read More

We picked another!

Once again, one of our buys has attracted a highly profitable acquisition bid—just the latest of many big takeover gains for us over the last few years.
MENTOR GRAPHICS (formerly symbol MENT on Nasdaq) makes systems to improve the design of electronic products and speed up… Read More

We did it again!

Once again, one of our buys has attracted a highly profitable acquisition bid—and it’s just the latest of many big takeover gains for us over the last few years.
MENTOR GRAPHICS $36.49 (Nasdaq symbol MENT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (503- 685-7000; www.mentor.com; Shares outstanding: 108.2 million;… Read More

Suncor’s timely takeover

SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $37 (Torontosymbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio,Resources sector; Shares outstanding:1.5 billion; Market cap: $55.5billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividendyield: 3.1%; TSINetwork Rating:Average; www.suncor.com) is takingadvantage of low oil prices with its allstocktakeover offer for Canadian OilSands (Toronto symbol COS).

Canadian Oil Sands’ main asset isits… Read More

SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $37 – Toronto symbol SU

SUNCOR ENERGY INC. $37 (Torontosymbol SU; Conservative Growth Portfolio,Resources sector; Shares outstanding:1.5 billion; Market cap: $55.5billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividendyield: 3.1%; TSINetwork Rating:Average; www.suncor.com) is takingadvantage of low oil prices with its allstocktakeover offer for Canadian OilSands (Toronto symbol COS).

< p>Canadian Oil Sands’ main asset… Read More