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“Hi, Pat. My question regards your philosophy of spreading investments out among ‘most if not all of the five main sectors’: I’m wondering where each of the 11 broad Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sectors commonly used for sector breakdown fit within your framework....
“Hi, Pat. My question regards your philosophy of spreading investments out among ‘most if not all of the five main sectors’: I’m wondering where each of the 11 broad Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sectors commonly used for sector breakdown fit within your framework....
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A: The PIMCO Global Short Maturity Fund (Canada) ETF, $19.75, symbol PMNT on Toronto (Units outstanding: 2.8 million; Market cap: $55.3 million; www.pimco.ca) began trading on the Toronto exchange on February 1, 2019....
A: BMO Canadian High Dividend Covered Call ETF, $18.26, symbol ZWC on Toronto (Units outstanding: 63.4 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; www.bmo.com/gam/ca/investor/products/etfs), focuses on mostly high-quality Canadian stocks....
Walmart’s shares have doubled in the past five years. That includes an 11% gain in the last year as governments designated its stores “essential” during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even though those restrictions are easing, we expect Walmart’s focus on low prices will continue to drive customer traffic and sales....
Even though those restrictions are easing, we expect Walmart’s focus on low prices will continue to drive customer traffic and sales....
Investing in top Canadian consumer staples stocks can help increase the defensive characteristics of a diversified portfolio. Here’s how to spot the best of them
If you are Canadian and you buy or sell U.S. stocks, you need to remember that arbitrage is your friend, all the more so when it has an assist from AI, or Artificial Intelligence.
Arbitrage is the simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in different markets, to exploit tiny differences in prices....
Arbitrage is the simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in different markets, to exploit tiny differences in prices....
Investors often ask us, “Is investing in penny stocks a good idea?” We think there are ways to invest in penny stocks, but it needs to be done with a lot of caution.
We continue to keep an eye on activist investors. Like us, they search for undervalued firms that can boost shareholder value by selling or spinning off assets, or putting themselves up for sale. Here are three recent examples.
CLOUDERA INC. $16 is a hold. The company (New York symbol CLDR, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 296.1 million; Market cap: $4.7 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; www.cloudera.com) makes software for data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning and analytics....
CLOUDERA INC. $16 is a hold. The company (New York symbol CLDR, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 296.1 million; Market cap: $4.7 billion; No dividend paid; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; www.cloudera.com) makes software for data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning and analytics....
There’s little doubt that the developing world’s aging population will continue to spend more on medical services for years to come. Medical device makers are well positioned to capture a share of that increased spending.
We continue to see attractive investment opportunities for our subscribers among the top device manufacturers....
We continue to see attractive investment opportunities for our subscribers among the top device manufacturers....