A great way to profit from China

In 1987, Yum! Brands became the first U.S. fast-food company to enter China. By 2015, that market was supplying half of its overall sales and a third of its earnings.

In November 2016, the company spun off those Chinese operations as Yum China. Now an… Read More

New Gold $6.31 – Toronto symbol NGD

NEW GOLD $6.31 (Toronto symbol NGD; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (888-315-9715; www.newgold.com; Shares outstanding: 512.8 million; Market cap: $3.1 billion; No dividends paid) acquired Rainy River Resources for $381.9 million in cash and shares through a friendly takeover in 2013.

That was a bargain price for… Read More

BCE INC. $62

BCE INC. $62 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 868.6 million; Market cap: $53.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) sells landline telephone services in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. Other operations… Read More

MBT takeover on track

BCE INC. $62 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 868.6 million; Market cap: $53.9 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend yield: 4.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) sells landline telephone services in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. Other operations… Read More

MITEL NETWORKS $8.78

MITEL NETWORKS $8.78 (Toronto symbol MNW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-592-2122; www.mitel.ca; Shares outstanding: 120.8 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; No dividends paid) develops products for business telephone systems. It will buy another industry company—Polycom (symbol PLCM on Nasdaq)—for $1.96 billion U.S. in a friendly… Read More

Updating Mitel Networks, Calian Group and Nissan Motor

MITEL NETWORKS $8.78 (Toronto symbol MNW; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-592-2122; www.mitel.ca; Shares outstanding: 120.8 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; No dividends paid) develops products for business telephone systems. It will buy another industry company—Polycom (symbol PLCM on Nasdaq)—for $1.96 billion U.S. in a friendly… Read More