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A: PFB Corp., $9.13, symbol PFB on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 6.7 million; Market cap: $61.3 million; www.pfbcorp.com), makes building insulation products that are sold across North America. Canada accounts for two-thirds of its sales.


The company sells those products under a number of brand names:


1) Plasti-Fab EPS Product Solutions are manufactured using expanded polystyrene as the main material;


2) Advantage ICF Systems are concrete-forming systems that are used to build insulated foundations and walls....

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....

These six ETFs hold mostly blue chip, widely traded stocks on Canadian and U.S. exchanges. All of them mirror, or track, the performance of major stock market indexes. That’s opposed to narrower indexes focused on, say, resources or themes such as solar power or biotech....

SPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ETF $183.94 (New York symbol DIA; buy or sell through brokers; www.spdrs.com) holds the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The ETF began trading on January 14, 1998.

This ETF’s top holdings are Goldman Sachs, IBM, Home Depot, Travelers Cos., Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth, United Technologies and McDonald’s....

With the June 23, 2016, referendum, UK voters did in fact choose to “Leave” rather than “Remain.”

How has this affected North American stock markets?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 5.1% after the Brexit vote, but is now down just 0.6%. Our Toronto market fell 3.8%....

With the June 23, 2016, referendum, UK voters did in fact choose to “Leave” rather than “Remain.”

How has this affected North American stock markets?

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 5.1% after the Brexit vote, but is now down just 0.6%. Our Toronto market fell 3.8%....

MONSANTO CO. $112 (New York symbol MON, Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 436.8 million; Market cap: $48.9 billion; Price-tosales ratio: 3.5; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.monsanto.com) develops and sells technology-based agricultural products, such as genetically modified seeds, to farmers, grain processors and food companies. It also sells weed- and pest-control products. The company is now the target of a $122.00-a-share, all-cash takeover bid by Bayer AG— the German farm chemical and drugmaker. Bayer feels the merger would help both firms compete with rivals Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., which plan to merge later this year. As well, China National Chemical Corp. agreed in February 2016 to acquire Switzerland- based Syngenta AG....

MONSANTO CO. $112 (New York symbol MON, Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 436.8 million; Market cap: $48.9 billion; Price-tosales ratio: 3.5; Dividend yield: 1.9%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.monsanto.com) develops and sells technology-based agricultural products, such as genetically modified seeds, to farmers, grain processors and food companies. It also sells weed- and pest-control products. The company is now the target of a $122.00-a-share, all-cash takeover bid by Bayer AG— the German farm chemical and drugmaker. Bayer feels the merger would help both firms compete with rivals Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co., which plan to merge later this year. As well, China National Chemical Corp. agreed in February 2016 to acquire Switzerland- based Syngenta AG....

How to find undervalued stocks? One way is to use market pessimism to unveil some value-stock gems

MONSANTO CORP., $99.94, New York symbol MON, develops and sells technology-based agricultural products, such as genetically modified seeds, to farmers, grain processors and food companies. It also sells weed- and pest-control products. The stock jumped 11% this week on speculation that German chemical and pharmaceutical maker Bayer AG may launch a takeover bid for the company. A merger would help both firms compete with rivals Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co, which plan to merge later this year. As well, China National Chemical Corp. agreed in February 2016 to acquire Switzerland-based Syngenta AG....