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EAGLE MATERIALS INC. $87 (New York symbol EXP; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 45.9 million; Market cap: $4.0 billion; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; Dividend yield: 0.5%; www.eaglematerials.com) makes cement, gypsum wallboard, recycled paperboard, concrete and aggregates, and oil and gas proppants (man-made sand for fracking) at over 75 facilities in the U.S.
Texas house-builder Centex Corporation spun off Eagle in 2004....
Texas house-builder Centex Corporation spun off Eagle in 2004....
A: Canadian Apartment Properties REIT, $49.66, symbol CAR.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 134.9 million; Market cap: $7.6 billion; www.capreit.net), is a real estate investment trust that owns multi-unit residential properties, including apartment buildings and townhouses....
Here’s the text of the most-recent letter I sent to our Portfolio Management clients in January.
“The media routinely publish all sorts of hour-by-hour and day-to-day statistics on stock-market fluctuations, with comments and associated predictions. Some of this can make interesting reading, but its overall investment value is negligible....
“The media routinely publish all sorts of hour-by-hour and day-to-day statistics on stock-market fluctuations, with comments and associated predictions. Some of this can make interesting reading, but its overall investment value is negligible....
If you think you can make big money trading penny stocks, think again. These shares rarely have significant investment value
Traditionally, REITs are said to suffer when interest rates rise. That’s in part because their units, which typically offer high yields, compete with fixed-income instruments for investor interest. However, higher interest rates are usually accompanied by increased economic activity and growth....
Earlier this year, Vanguard Canada added a fourth balanced fund (a mix of stock ETFs and bond ETFs) to three others that it launched in January 2018.
Here’s a look at all four of these ETFs:
VANGUARD CONSERVATIVE INCOME ETF PORTFOLIO $25.81 (Toronto symbol VCIP), holds roughly 20% of its assets in Vanguard stock ETFs and 80% in bond ETFs....
Here’s a look at all four of these ETFs:
VANGUARD CONSERVATIVE INCOME ETF PORTFOLIO $25.81 (Toronto symbol VCIP), holds roughly 20% of its assets in Vanguard stock ETFs and 80% in bond ETFs....
To help you decide if certain ETFs are suitable for your portfolio and investment temperament, we classify them into three easy-to-understand categories: Conservative, Aggressive and Income. To determine how an ETF fits into one of those three classifications, we examine a number of factors....
Real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) have different valuation measures than, say, industrial companies or banks. Here we look at five popular methods to compare the valuations of REITs.
The net asset value (NAV) approach
Most REITs regularly value their real estate portfolios, either internally or by appointing an external valuer....
The net asset value (NAV) approach
Most REITs regularly value their real estate portfolios, either internally or by appointing an external valuer....
As a group, higher-yielding stocks, such as utilities, have lagged the broader indexes over the past decade. Part of that was due a preference by many investors for faster growing tech stocks such as Netflix, Apple, Alphabet, Facebook and so on.
Moreover, utilities and other other high-yield stock, such as REITs, typically suffer when interest rates rise as they did in 2018....
Moreover, utilities and other other high-yield stock, such as REITs, typically suffer when interest rates rise as they did in 2018....
Are blue chip stocks safe? Well, they are safer than other investments due to their sound financials, history of success, and reputation—but no investment is guaranteed
Are blue chip stocks safe? While there are no guarantees in stock investing, at TSI Network we feel that blue chip stocks that have been paying dividends for five to 10 years or more are among the safer investments you can make....