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H&R REIT’s net asset value (NAV)—the market value of its properties minus any mortgage liabilities—stood at $22.77 a share as of September 30, 2021. That’s 33.9% more than the current trading price of the units.


To narrow that gap, H&R now plans to spin off its retail properties as a separate, publicly traded REIT....

When we last wrote about cannabis companies and ETFs in mid-2018, Canada was about to become the second country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana.


In the months to follow, investor enthusiasm propelled stock prices to very high valuations in relation to their market caps....

October turned out to be a great month for all kinds of riskier assets. Top performers were commodities, with oil and copper leading the way. Precious metal producers also made strong gains while the energy and commodity-heavy Canadian indexes were spurred by those gains....

This month we look at the first crypto ETF that steers clear of direct investment in cryptocurrencies, and a Canadian ETF focusing on emerging market equities.


Eight months after Canada saw the launch of the first cryptocurrency ETFs, ProShares managed to get approval from U.S....

VANECK VECTORS SOCIAL SENTIMENT ETF $25.90 (New York symbol BUZZ) follows the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index. This index tracks the 75 large-cap U.S. stocks showing what it sees as the highest degree of “positive investor sentiment.”


The ETF aims to analyze millions of investment-related messages and posts on sites like Reddit, Stocktwits, Twitter using what it believes is sophisticated computer software....

RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST $23 is a buy. The REIT (Toronto symbol REI.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Units outstanding: 317.8 million; Market cap: $7.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 6.3; Distribution yield: 4.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.riocan.com) owns all or part of 214 shopping centres and other properties across Canada.


The REIT expects to spend about $500 million on new projects in 2021....

Buying the best Canadian bank dividend stocks can be a profitable endeavour—if you make your selections wisely. Learn more in this article now.

The market plunge at the start of the COVID-19 crisis lowered prices for most REITs. That’s because the pandemic forced many businesses to temporarily close. However, vaccines should see the economy increasingly normalize in the next several months. That will let these two REITs maintain their current distributions, or even raise them.


CHOICE PROPERTIES REIT, $15.18, is a buy. Canada’s biggest REIT (Toronto symbol CHP.UN; Units outstanding: 722.7 million; Market cap: $10.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; Dividend yield: 4.9%; www.choicereit.ca) creates value for investors through its 730 properties, with a total of 66.2 million square feet of retail, industrial and office space....

GREAT-WEST LIFECO, $36.82, is still a hold. The insurer (Toronto symbol GWO; shares o/s: 928.4 million; Market cap: $34.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.8%; www.greatwestlifeco.com) recently announced a new alliance with Sagard Holdings, a Montreal-based wealth management firm.


Sagard will buy Colorado-based EverWest, a real estate investment management firm with $3.8 billion U.S....

Business—both in Canada and internationally—remains strong for our two top Canadian insurance recommendations. These two stocks have recovered all of the ground they lost in March 2020 with onset of the pandemic, and we think they are now poised to move even higher....