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We think conservative investors could hold up to 10% of their portfolios in foreign stocks. One way to do that is to buy carefully chosen exchange traded funds (ETFs) that have an overseas focus. The best ETFs offer very low management fees and well-diversified, tax-efficient portfolios of highquality stocks. Here’s a look at four international ETFs we see as buys, and two we feel you should hang on to:...
Supremex, $5.45, symbol SXP on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 28.8 million; Market cap: $154.7 million; www.supremex.com), is a leading North American maker of envelopes, and also sells packaging and specialty products. The company has plants in seven Canadian provinces and two in the U.S. Supremex converted from an income trust to a conventional corporation on January 1, 2011. In 2011, the company had revenue of $143.9 million. That fell to $131.9 million in 2013, and to $129.0 million in 2014. The main reason was a steady decline in the use of envelopes by businesses and by individuals (due to email and the Internet), especially in Canada....
Xylem Inc., $37.97, symbol XYL on New York (Shares outstanding: 179.4 million; Market cap: $6.7 billion; www.xyleminc.com), sells equipment and services related to managing water. The company takes its name from “Xylem,” the Greek word describing the vascular tissue that carries water and nutrients through plants. With its products, Xylem Inc. helps clients collect, distribute, use and return water to the environment. The company operates through two divisions:...
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Energy Fuels Inc. is struggling along with other commodity producers but its cash flow and revenue stream are steady despite market uncertainty
CANADIAN TIRE CORP., $129.83, Toronto symbol CTC.A, saw weaker sales in the latest quarter, as warmer-than-usual weather hurt demand for winter goods such as snow shovels and tires. Lower gasoline prices also dampened revenue at its gas stations. The company’s overall sales fell 7.5%, to $3.4 billion from $3.7 billion. Cost controls and lower marketing costs boosted company earnings, despite the revenue fall. In the three months ended January 2, 2016, the company earned $225.2 million, up 8.1% from $208.3 million a year earlier. Earnings per share gained 13.6%, to $3.01 from $2.65, on fewer shares outstanding, easily beating the consensus estimate of $2.55....
Anti-nuclear sentiment cuts demand for uranium but Fission Uranium attracts new customer, investor—CGN Mining.
Sprott Physical Silver Trust, $5.93, symbol PHS.U on Toronto (Units outstanding: 127.4 million; Market cap: $755.4 million; www.sprottphysicalbullion.com), holds substantially all of its assets in physical silver bullion. The trust aims to provide an alternative for investors who want to hold physical silver bullion without the inconvenience—transport, storage and insurance. The trust does not speculate with regard to short-term changes in silver prices. At the same time, unitholders who hold certain minimum dollar amounts of the trust can redeem their units for physical silver bullion on a monthly basis. The trust’s MER is 0.65%....
Energy Fuels Inc., $3.26, symbol EFR on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 45.3 million; Market cap: $147.6 million; www.energyfuels.com), operates two uranium processing facilities—the White Mesa Mill in Utah and the Nichols Ranch Processing Facility in Wyoming. Both supply uranium oxide (U3O8) in concentrates to major nuclear utilities. The White Mesa Mill has a capacity of over 8 million pounds of uranium oxide per year. The Nichols Ranch Processing Facility, acquired in the company’s purchase of Uranerz Energy Corporation in June 2015, has capacity of 2 million pounds of U3O8 per year. Energy Fuels also has uranium mining projects located in a number of western U.S. states, including small producing mines, mines on standby, and mineral properties in various stages of permitting and development....
SNC-LAVALIN GROUP INC. $40 (Toronto symbol SNC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 149.8 million; Market cap: $6.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 2.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.snclavalin.com) has won a contract from the United Arab Emirate’s state-owned aluminum company to supply engineering services to its two smelters. SNC did not say how much the deal is worth, but it should complete the work in July 2018. The company’s $12.7-billion order backlog, as of September 30, 2015, is equal to 1.3 times its annual revenue. However, oil and mining jobs account for a third of that total. Low commodity prices could force these clients to postpone or cancel these projects. SNC-Lavalin is a hold.