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SEMPRA ENERGY $115 (New York symbol SRE; Utilities Sector; Shares outstanding: 273.5 million; Market cap: $31.5 billion; Dividend yield: 3.1%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.sempra.com) distributes electrical power and natural gas to over 45 million customers in Southern California, Texas, Chile and Peru....
SUPERVALU INC. $32 (New York symbol SVU; Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 38.6 million; Market cap: $1.2 billion; No dividends paid; Takeover Target Rating: High; www.supervalu.com) is a Minneapolis-based company that operates retail grocery stores and also acts as a wholesale distributor to independent grocers.
The stock jumped over 60% in July 2018 after the company accepted a $32.50-a-share cash takeover offer from grocery distributor United Natural Foods Inc....
The stock jumped over 60% in July 2018 after the company accepted a $32.50-a-share cash takeover offer from grocery distributor United Natural Foods Inc....
Natural gas investing is unpredictable, but selecting stocks with strong management, a healthy balance sheet, plus rising gas production and reserves will help you lower that risk
While call options produce income for First Asset Tech Giants Covered Call ETF, hedging costs and fluctuations in the U.S. dollar are a concern for Canadian investors.
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BANK OF MONTREAL $104 (www.bmo.com) continues to remodel its physical branches as more of its customers switch to online banking. As part of that initiative, the bank has opened its first “Smart Branch” in Winnipeg. This facility is smaller than most regular branches, and contains several electronic features to speed up service....
Gold has had a poor run since its peak of $1,950 U.S. an ounce in 2011; its current price of $1,174 an ounce is now 40% lower. Over the same period, stock markets have soared. This has led many investors to question the role of gold in their investment portfolios.
Gold has historically offset U.S....
More than two centuries ago the New York Stock Exchange was created under a tree to facilitate trade among a small list of U.S. companies. China was considered a “frontier market” less than 40 years ago. Today, it and the U.S. are the world’s two largest economies.
Some frontier markets did not exist a decade ago....
Some frontier markets did not exist a decade ago....
Here we take a closer look at two relatively new North American ETFs. This month’s selections include a quantitative, low-volatility Canadian equity ETF and a global pet-products ETF.
FRANKLIN LIBERTY RISK MANAGED CANADIAN EQUITY ETF $21.04 (Toronto symbol FLRM; Market cap: $12.7 million) aims to invest in Canadian equities to generate capital gains, but with lower volatility.
The fund does not provide much detail on how it will reduce volatility except that it uses a “black box” rules-based model to select stocks “based on a mix of historical and projected financial and stock-market data....
FRANKLIN LIBERTY RISK MANAGED CANADIAN EQUITY ETF $21.04 (Toronto symbol FLRM; Market cap: $12.7 million) aims to invest in Canadian equities to generate capital gains, but with lower volatility.
The fund does not provide much detail on how it will reduce volatility except that it uses a “black box” rules-based model to select stocks “based on a mix of historical and projected financial and stock-market data....
Germany faces a number of challenges—its population is getting older and its workforce will start to shrink from 2020 onwards. In addition, its largest export markets, including the U.S. and the U.K., are less and less willing to run large trade deficits with Germany....