great-west lifeco

POWER CORP. $30.43 (Toronto symbol POW; Shares outstanding: 414.4 million; Market cap: $14.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.4%; www.powercorporation.com) is a diversified holding company. It holds its financial assets through its 65.6%-owned Power Financial.


In the quarter ended September 30, 2016, Power Corp.’s earnings per share fell 40.4%, to $0.65 from $1.04 a year earlier....

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $35 (www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial (Toronto symbol MFC). It also offers mutual funds, retirement planning and wealth management services in Canada, the U.S. and Europe....

GREAT-WEST LIFECO $35.36 (Toronto symbol GWO; Shares outstanding: 986.1 million; Market cap: $35.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 3.9%; www. greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s second-largest insurance company, after Manulife Financial (Toronto symbol MFC and a buy recommendation of Canadian Wealth Advisor)....

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $33 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 986.1 million; Market cap: $32.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend Yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www....

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $32 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 991.2 million; Market cap: $31.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend Yield: 4.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) sells insurance, mutual funds and wealth management services....

Great-West enjoys a dominant market position in Canada and is also a leading insurer in the U.K. and Ireland. The shares dipped in June 2016 to around $31 from $36 after the “Leave” side won the U.K. Brexit referendum. However, it seems likely that the U.K. and EU will work out new terms, and that should shield firms like Great-West from any long-term negative consequences.

GREAT-WEST LIFECO $33.76 (Toronto symbol GWO; Shares outstanding: 992.9 million; Market cap: $33.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Yield: 4.1%; www.greatwestlifeco.com) is Canada’s largest insurance firm, with a top market position in both individual life insurance and in group life and health benefits....

We still think investors will profit most—and with the least risk—by buying shares of well-established, dividend-paying stocks with strong business prospects.



These are companies that have leading positions in healthy industries. They also have strong management that will make the right moves to remain competitive in a changing market.



Stocks like these give investors an additional measure of safety despite today’s volatility....

GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC. $33 (Toronto symbol GWO; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 992.9 million; Market cap: $32.8 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 1.0; Dividend Yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.greatwestlifeco.com) sells insurance, mutual funds and wealth management services....

Brexit—Britain’s vote to leave the European Union—has hurt the stock prices of these four companies. Investors fear that a weaker British pound in the wake of the vote will limit the contribution of their U.K. businesses.

These stocks will likely remain volatile until Britain negotiates new trade terms with the EU....

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Instead, rather than ―buy and hold‖, we prefer a “buy and watch closely” strategy....