Big acquisition will spur BMO

Bank of Montreal, along with other bank stocks, has suffered in the past year as investors worried rising interest rates would hurt borrowing demand and spur a wave of loan writedowns. However, banking regulators have toughened lending standards and mortgage stress-test levels in prior years… Read More

Here are three key updates on your portfolio

TERADATA CORP. $43 is still a hold. The company (New York symbol TDC; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 97.8 million; Market cap: $4.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.teradata.com) makes computers and software to capture and store large amounts… Read More

Currency hedging comes at a cost with ETFs

Currency hedging comes at a cost with ETFs

Any currency volatility can send investors hunting for hedged ETFs. But the extra costs limit the appeal of currency hedging.
If you want to buy U.S. stocks and hedge against the U.S. dollar’s movements against the Canadian dollar, you could buy a hedged ETF like the… Read More