investment
An investment is an asset or property acquired to generate income or gain appreciation. Appreciation is the increase in the value of an asset over time. It requires the outlay of a resource today, like time, effort, and money, for a greater payoff in the future or for generating a profit.
An investment involves using capital in the present to increase an asset’s value over time.
Investments may include bonds, stocks, real estate, or alternative investments.
Investments can be diversified to reduce risk, though this may reduce the amount of earning potential.
In business contexts, investments are financial; however, consider how some people spend time to make higher incomes in the future (i.e. invest in a college education).
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SUN LIFE FINANCIAL (Toronto symbol SLF; www.sunlife.ca) sells savings, retirement, pension and life insurance products to individuals and corporations....
HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. (New York symbol HPQ; www.hp.com) is a leading maker of personal computers and printers. It also makes server computers and networking products for businesses....
Pat McKeough responds to many requests from members of his Inner Circle for specific advice on trading stocks as well as questions on investment strategy and the economy. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for members of Pat’s Inner Circle....
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL $35.32 (Toronto symbol SLF; Shares outstanding: 606.0 million; Market cap: $21.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.1%; www.sunlife.ca) sells savings, retirement, pension and life insurance products to individuals and corporations.
The company mainly operates in Canada, the U.S....
The company mainly operates in Canada, the U.S....
TRANSCANADA CORP. $47.15 (Toronto symbol TRP; Shares outstanding: 707.0 million; Market cap: $33.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 3.9%; www.transcanada.com) has completed the purchase of two more Ontario solar power facilities from Canadian Solar (Nasdaq symbol CSIQ) for $470 million.
TransCanada now owns three of the nine solar farms it agreed to buy from Canadian Solar in December 2011....
TransCanada now owns three of the nine solar farms it agreed to buy from Canadian Solar in December 2011....
ISHARES FTSE/XINHUA CHINA 25 INDEX FUND $37.54 (New York symbol FXI; buy or sell through brokers) is an exchange traded fund that aims to track the FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index, which is made up of the 25 largest and most liquid Chinese stocks. All of the stocks in the index trade on the Hong Kong exchange....
ISHARES CDN REIT SECTOR INDEX FUND $15.46 (Toronto symbol XRE; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds the 15 Canadian real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index. The weight of each REIT is limited to 25% of the ETF’s value.
iShares CDN REIT’s expenses are 0.60% of its assets....
iShares CDN REIT’s expenses are 0.60% of its assets....
PRECISION DRILLING CORP. $10 (Toronto symbol PD; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resource sector; Shares outstanding: 276.9 million; Market cap: $2.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.precisiondrilling.com) provides contract-drilling services to land-based oil and gas producers, mainly in North America. As of June 30, 2013, it had 324 rigs in service.
Wet weather in Western Canada and low gas prices have hurt demand for Precision’s rigs. In the second quarter of 2013, its revenue fell 0.8%, to $378.9 million from $382.0 million a year earlier.
However, demand for the company’s Super Series rigs, which can reach deeper pockets of oil and gas, remains strong.
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Wet weather in Western Canada and low gas prices have hurt demand for Precision’s rigs. In the second quarter of 2013, its revenue fell 0.8%, to $378.9 million from $382.0 million a year earlier.
However, demand for the company’s Super Series rigs, which can reach deeper pockets of oil and gas, remains strong.
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TORONTO-DOMINION BANK $91 (Toronto symbol TD; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 917.6 million; Market cap: $83.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.8; Dividend yield: 3.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.td.com) has agreed to pay $52.5 million U.S. to settle charges that it failed to report suspicious transactions related to a fraudulent investment scheme in Florida. Separately, the bank is appealing a court ruling that it pay $67 million U.S. related to this case.
These amounts are small next to the $1.6 billion (Canadian), or $1.65 a share, that TD earned in the quarter ended July 31, 2013. Still, settling these charges cuts TD’s risk, especially in light of tighter enforcement from U.S. securities regulators.
TD Bank is a buy....
These amounts are small next to the $1.6 billion (Canadian), or $1.65 a share, that TD earned in the quarter ended July 31, 2013. Still, settling these charges cuts TD’s risk, especially in light of tighter enforcement from U.S. securities regulators.
TD Bank is a buy....