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The best stock investment strategies include lowering your risk, cutting fees and putting time on your side
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The best investments for retirement will include RRSPs, dollar-cost averaging, and diversified holdings
ADOBE SYSTEMS INC. $196.45 (Nasdaq symbol ADBE; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (408-536-6000; www.adobe.com; Shares outstanding: 492.9 million; Market cap: $96.9 billion; No dividends paid) makes software that lets computer users create, edit and share documents in the popular PDF format....
BMTC GROUP $17.93 (Toronto symbol GBT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (514-648-5757; No website; Shares outstanding: 35.5 million; Market cap: $630.5 million; Dividend yield: 1.3%) has 38 outlets and is one of Quebec’s biggest retailers of furniture, electronics and appliances....
We have lots of attractive long-term buys among the stocks we cover, and we’re positive about the long-term outlook for stocks. We feel just as strongly about the need to diversify.
That’s why we’ve chosen three top picks for 2018 from our Stock Pickers Digest recommendations....
That’s why we’ve chosen three top picks for 2018 from our Stock Pickers Digest recommendations....
NOVARTIS AG (ADR) $87 (New York symbol NVS; Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 2.3 billion; Market cap: $200.1 billion; Takeover Target Rating: Lowest; Dividend yield: 3.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.novartis.com) is a Swiss-based company that researches, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of healthcare products worldwide.
Novartis has now hired an investment bank to review options for its dermatology business....
Novartis has now hired an investment bank to review options for its dermatology business....
TENNANT CO. $73 (New York symbol TNC; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 17.9 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; Takeover Target Rating: Highest; Dividend yield: 1.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www. tennantco.com) makes industrial floor and street-cleaning equipment, including scrubbers, sweepers and polishers....
On November 28, 2017, the old Consol Energy Inc. split into two, separately traded, public companies. While one firm mines coal, the other produces natural gas.
Under the terms for the spinoff, Consol shareholders received one share of the coal company (which kept the Consol Energy name) for every eight shares they held in the old Consol Energy....
Under the terms for the spinoff, Consol shareholders received one share of the coal company (which kept the Consol Energy name) for every eight shares they held in the old Consol Energy....
Most firms looking to go public launch an initial public offering, or IPO. That’s where they hire an investment firm to promote the new shares and underwrite the listing process.
Spotify AB is a major Swedish-based music streaming service. Launched in 2008, it lets users listen on demand to a library of more than 30 million songs.
Spotify now plans to bypass the traditional IPO process in favour of a rare direct listing on the New York exchange.
The standard IPO is better suited to firms looking to raise capital, but it also has the potential to dilute the interest of current shareholders....
Spotify AB is a major Swedish-based music streaming service. Launched in 2008, it lets users listen on demand to a library of more than 30 million songs.
Spotify now plans to bypass the traditional IPO process in favour of a rare direct listing on the New York exchange.
The standard IPO is better suited to firms looking to raise capital, but it also has the potential to dilute the interest of current shareholders....